Cancer
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‘Pink drink’: new hope for cancer treatment being rolled out across the NHS
In Depth Tumour-detecting tool championed by Tessa Jowell could prolong thousands of patients’ lives
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Red meat once a day raises bowel cancer risk by fifth
Speed Read Experts recommend cutting back on red and processed meat
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Cancer doctors shortage ‘putting patient welfare at risk’
Speed Read New report says falling number of specialists is leading to longer waiting times for treatment
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Video: US police search dying cancer patient’s hospital room for marijuana
Speed Read Backlash after officers filmed rifling through stage four pancreatic cancer patient Nolan Sousley’s bags
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Cervical cancer: the symptoms and treatments
In Depth New TV campaign is urging women to have smear tests as uptake falls to 20-year low
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Obesity-related cancers rocket among millennials
Speed Read Major US study reveals that younger generations are at higher risk
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Breast cancer calculator: how it works
Speed Read ‘Game-changing’ system analyses genetics and lifestyle factors to calculate overall risk
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How breathalyser could revolutionise cancer diagnosis
Speed Read The Breath Biopsy is being trialled at Cambridge hospital
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Are plastic toys dangerous?
In Depth EU regulator reveals hundreds of products available in the UK contain chemicals that may cause cancer and infertility
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Are ‘morning people’ less likely to get breast cancer?
Speed Read Study finds that early risers are 40% less likely to develop the disease than night owls
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BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe reveals cancer diagnosis to listeners
Speed Read DJ says he will be ‘disappearing for a while’ to undergo treatment
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Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035
Speed Read Screening and vaccination programmes mean that disease will be soon classed as rare
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Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to cancer breakthrough pair
Speed Read James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo awarded the prestigious prize for ‘exciting and groundbreaking’ work in immunotherapy
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Cancer podcast host Rachael Bland dies aged 40
Speed Read Family and BBC colleagues pay tribute to ‘truly heroic broadcaster’
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