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News digest – inherited cancer genes, beta-blockers, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and more: Here’s a round-up of this week’s cancer news: A new research programme announced this week will lay the foun…; 24 May 2013
Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day: We’ve written many times about clinical trials on this blog. Trials tell us which treatments work, and their results boo…; 20 May 2013
News digest – Angelina Jolie, clinical trial transparency, testicular cancer and more: Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, after she learnt she carried…; 18 May 2013
Building an artificial tumour in the lab: In 2000, a team of archaeologists in the ancient Egyptian city of Thebes uncovered the mummified remains of a young woma…; 16 May 2013
“I remember the appointment so vividly” – carrying the BRCA1 gene: Seeing Angelina Jolie talking in the media so prominently this week does have a huge impact on people like me. I think h…; 15 May 2013

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