Anne Li 2/3/17
Giving smokers personalised information about their risk of ill health can double the chance of them using NHS Stop Smoking Services, and improve…
Anne Li 2/3/17
A large analysis of cervical tumour samples has found distinct genetic ‘signatures’ that could better define the disease. The study, by…
Anne Li 2/3/17
A combination of two chemotherapy drugs – gemcitabine and capecitabine - should be the new standard of care for pancreatic cancer patients who have had surgery to remove their tumour, according…
Anne Li 2/3/17
The Scottish Government has said it will publish a new strategy on diet and obesity in 2017, and as part of our Scale…
Anne Li 2/3/17
You may have been buttering a warm slice of it this morning when headlines appeared saying overly browned toast is ‘a potential cancer…
Anne Li 2/3/17
This week, Cancer Research UK's News Digest gives us updates on live from inside the human body, a DNA-analysing smartphone attachment, a ‘huge…
Anne Li 2/3/17
Using an MRI scan to help diagnose prostate cancer could spare some men from unnecessary invasive biopsies, according to a new study. The technique could also…
Anne Li 2/3/17
Cancer treatments that harness the power of the immune system might be less effective in patients whose tumours carry incorrectly packaged DNA, according to US…
Anne Li 1/29/17
Working in the sun could lead to one death and around five new cases of melanoma skin cancer a week. Construction workers…
Anne Li 1/29/17
In a global broadcasting first, Cancer Research UK and Channel 4 will air a live colonoscopy during an ad break on 18…