Behind the Headlines
Cancer
09 May 2012
“One in six cancers caused by preventable infections,” the Daily Mail reported today.
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08 May 2012
"A blood test for men with prostate cancer could detect if the illness is likely to be life-threatening,” the Daily Mail has reported.
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01 May 2012
“Aggressive pancreatic tumours may be treatable with a new class of drugs,” BBC News has reported today.
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01 May 2012
“A genetic test could help predict breast cancer many years before it develops,” the Daily Mail has today reported.
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26 Apr 2012
There is “no convincing evidence” that mobile phones cause cancer, according to a major report issued by the Health Protection Agency.
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20 Apr 2012
“Breast cancer is effectively ten different diseases,” the Daily Mail has today reported. The newspaper says that a “landmark” study has reclassified the country’s most common cancer in “breakthrough research” that could revolutionise the way we treat breast tumours.
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18 Apr 2012
“Soundwaves could help 95% of prostate cancer patients … without affecting sex life,” the Daily Mirror reported today. Its story comes from a small study that looked at an experimental treatment using high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) to target areas of prostate cancer in men where the disease had not spread.
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11 Apr 2012
Regular dental X-rays “can double or even triple the chance of developing a common type of brain tumour,” according to The Daily Telegraph.
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05 Apr 2012
Womb cancer deaths have risen by a fifth over the past decade, according to Cancer Research UK.
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04 Apr 2012
“For every life saved by breast cancer screening up to 10 women ‘have unnecessary treatment’,” the Daily Mail reported today.
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