Behind the Headlines

Cancer

Many cancers caused by 'treatable infections'

09 May 2012
Test Tubes “One in six cancers caused by preventable infections,” the Daily Mail reported today.
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'DNA test for prostate cancer relapse'

08 May 2012
DNA strand "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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Genetic clue to origins of pancreas cancer

01 May 2012
Microscope “Aggressive pancreatic tumours may be treatable with a new class of drugs,” BBC News has reported today.
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'Breast cancer blood test' needs more work

01 May 2012
needle with blood “A genetic test could help predict breast cancer many years before it develops,” the Daily Mail has today reported.
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Mobile phone cancer link unproven says HPA

26 Apr 2012
Mobile Phone 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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Breast cancer 'actually 10 different diseases'

20 Apr 2012
breast cancer awareness ribbon “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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HIFU ultrasound hope for prostate cancer

18 Apr 2012
group of men in underwear “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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X-ray 'brain tumour risk is not proven

11 Apr 2012
Dentist 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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Womb cancer up by 43% since 1990s

05 Apr 2012
Test Tubes Womb cancer deaths have risen by a fifth over the past decade, according to Cancer Research UK.
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More questions on breast cancer screening benefits

04 Apr 2012
breast cancer awareness ribbon “For every life saved by breast cancer screening up to 10 women ‘have unnecessary treatment’,” the Daily Mail reported today.
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