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		<title>Cancer Research UK - Science Update blog » Bowel cancer</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org</link>
		<description>The latest news, views and opinions from Cancer Research UK</description>
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				<title>Expert opinion: Professor Dion Morton – combining chemo and surgery in colon cancer</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/12/03/expert-opinion-professor-dion-morton-combining-chemo-and-surgery-in-colon-cancer/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:03:16 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Ailsa Stevens</author>
				<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month we announced trial results showing that giving patients with colon cancer (bowel cancer that originates in the colon) a short course of chemotherapy before surgery, could significantly shrink their tumour. This makes the tumour easier and safer to &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/12/03/expert-opinion-professor-dion-morton-combining-chemo-and-surgery-in-colon-cancer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>Notes from the NCRI conference (day 1)</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/11/04/notes-from-the-2012-ncri-conference-day-1/</link>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Henry Scowcroft</author>
				<description><![CDATA[It’s November, which means we’re in Liverpool again for the annual NCRI Cancer Conference. Researchers from around the world will be spending the next three days in the BT Convention Centre on the River Mersey, discussing the latest and greatest &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/11/04/notes-from-the-2012-ncri-conference-day-1/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>Cancer death rates continue to fall</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/09/25/cancer-rates-continue-to-fall/</link>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 00:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Henry Scowcroft</author>
				<description><![CDATA[Today our stats team has published new data, forecasting that the proportion of people who die from cancer will continue to fall over the next 18 years. Rather than penning another 1,000 word treatise on the matter, we thought we’d &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/09/25/cancer-rates-continue-to-fall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>Twenty-five years since landmark bowel cancer discovery</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/28/twenty-five-years-since-landmark-bowel-cancer-discovery/</link>
				<guid>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/28/twenty-five-years-since-landmark-bowel-cancer-discovery/</guid>
				<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:26:08 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Josephine Querido</author>
				<description><![CDATA[There’s a lot more to do before we can say we’ve beaten cancer, but every now and then, it’s good to sit back and reflect on how far we’ve already come. Back in June, when the country was celebrating the &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/28/twenty-five-years-since-landmark-bowel-cancer-discovery/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>Is being inactive really ‘as bad as smoking’?</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/15/is-being-inactive-really-as-bad-as-smoking/</link>
				<guid>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/15/is-being-inactive-really-as-bad-as-smoking/</guid>
				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Henry Scowcroft</author>
				<description><![CDATA[In July, top medical journal The Lancet published a series of articles looking the worldwide health problems caused by people being inactive, in the hope of galvanising action. The articles contained a bold, eye-catching claim that the worldwide impact was “comparable &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/15/is-being-inactive-really-as-bad-as-smoking/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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				<title>The queen in the hive – scientists find more evidence for cancer stem cells</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/03/the-queen-in-the-hive-scientists-find-more-evidence-for-cancer-stem-cells/</link>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:20:09 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Safia Danovi</author>
				<description><![CDATA[Biology has its share of contentious issues, and the existence of cancer ‘stem cells’ – treatment-resistant cells at the heart of a tumour – is certainly controversial. We’ve written before about these enigmatic cells, but they’ve made the headlines again this &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/08/03/the-queen-in-the-hive-scientists-find-more-evidence-for-cancer-stem-cells/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>Bowel screening – it’s working, but we could do even better</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/26/bowel-screening-its-working-but-we-could-do-even-better/</link>
				<guid>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/26/bowel-screening-its-working-but-we-could-do-even-better/</guid>
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:40:18 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Henry Scowcroft</author>
				<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, we saw more evidence that the UK’s bowel cancer screening programme is working. According to new data from the North-East of England, published in the British Journal of Cancer, patients whose disease was spotted via screening had a better chance &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/26/bowel-screening-its-working-but-we-could-do-even-better/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>Podcast: Curry chemical on trial, death rates fall, ASCO conference highlights and more</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/18/podcast-curry-chemical-on-trial-death-rates-fall-asco-conference-highlights-and-more/</link>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:24:51 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Kat Arney</author>
				<description><![CDATA[This month, a new trial looks at the cancer-fighting properties of the curry chemical curcumin, while we take a look at the reasons why cancer deaths in middle age have fallen. Plus, we hear why it’s important that the new &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/18/podcast-curry-chemical-on-trial-death-rates-fall-asco-conference-highlights-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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				<title>News digest – bowel cancer news, HPV and cervical cancer, diesel fumes and dental hygiene</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/16/news-digest-bowel-cancer-news-hpv-and-cervical-cancer-diesel-fumes-and-dental-hygiene/</link>
				<guid>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/16/news-digest-bowel-cancer-news-hpv-and-cervical-cancer-diesel-fumes-and-dental-hygiene/</guid>
				<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2012 09:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Kat Arney</author>
				<description><![CDATA[There’s a crop of stories about bowel cancer in the news this week, a couple of which have come from the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) conference, which took place on Thursday and Friday. New data confirm that bowel screening &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/06/16/news-digest-bowel-cancer-news-hpv-and-cervical-cancer-diesel-fumes-and-dental-hygiene/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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				<title>News digest – curry extract and bowel cancer, infections and cancer, brain tumours and more</title>
				<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/05/12/news-digest-curry-extract-and-bowel-cancer-infections-and-cancer-brain-tumours-and-more/</link>
				<guid>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/05/12/news-digest-curry-extract-and-bowel-cancer-infections-and-cancer-brain-tumours-and-more/</guid>
				<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 09:30:46 GMT</pubDate>
				<author>Oliver Childs</author>
				<description><![CDATA[We launched a clinical trial (press release) to test whether curcumin – an extract from the curry spice turmeric &#8211; could improve treatment for advanced bowel cancer. This doesn’t mean curry cures cancer (as we pointed out here), or that &#8230; <a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/05/12/news-digest-curry-extract-and-bowel-cancer-infections-and-cancer-brain-tumours-and-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
				
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