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18 Jun 2013
Men are almost three times more likely to get oesophageal cancer than women – one of the biggest gender gaps in cancer rates – according to figures released from Cancer Research UK.
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14 Jun 2013
CANCER RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY, the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK, the University of Manchester and AstraZeneca today announced two agreements to seek new cancer drugs.
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14 Jun 2013
Testing women for the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) first, instead of the traditional cervical screening test to detect abnormal cells in the cervix, could prevent around 600 cases of cervical cancer a year in England.
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12 Jun 2013
Researchers in Germany have found a new way to exploit the differences between cancer cells and normal cells that could lead to new treatments.
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12 Jun 2013
Electronic cigarettes (also known as e-cigarettes) and other currently unregulated nicotine-containing products (NCPs) are to be treated as medicines for regulatory purposes, the Government has announced.






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