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Press Release: MPs sent cigarette packs to highlight their deadly design

12 Feb 2013

Westminster MPs are being sent examples of widely available cigarette packets to show how the tobacco industry markets its products to children today (Tuesday).
Press Release: Late diagnosis and lack of treatment access may contribute to poor UK lung cancer survival

11 Feb 2013

The UK's one-year lung cancer survival lags behind Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway and Sweden according to a new international study published today (Monday).
News story: Genetically engineered virus extends the lives of terminally-ill liver cancer patients

11 Feb 2013

A genetically-engineered virus has prolonged the lives of terminally ill liver cancer patients in a small clinical trial.
Press Release: Early results show two drugs may be better than one to treat most deadly skin cancer

11 Feb 2013

Adding lung cancer drugs to targeted melanoma treatment could increase survival for certain patients, according to research published in Cancer Discovery today.
News story: 'DNA editing' enzyme could fuel breast cancer

8 Feb 2013

Genetic errors driving the majority of breast cancers may be caused by a hyperactive enzyme called APOBEC3B, according to US researchers.

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