E-cigarettes may have helped 18,000 people in England quit smoking in 2015
E-cigarettes may have helped about 18,000 people in England to give up smoking in 2015,…
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New immunotherapy for leukaemia shows promise in small clinical trial
A new type of immunotherapy shows promise against cases of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) that…
Implant facilitates early detection of metastatic cancer cells and improves survival, study finds
A small device implanted under the skin can improve breast cancer survival by catching cancer…
Study suggests pancreatic cancer could be detected early in patients with newly developed type 2 diabetes
New research presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting…
Targeting fat to treat cancer
Fat isn’t just something we eat: it may also lie at the heart of a…
Examining mitochondrial DNA may help identify unknown ancestry that influences breast cancer risk
Genetic testing of mitochondrial DNA could reveal otherwise unknown ancestry that can influence a person’s…
Active monitoring as effective for prostate cancer as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years
Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10…
Study finds no link between vasectomy and prostate cancer risk
In a new study, men who underwent vasectomy did not have an increased risk of…
More than two-thirds of cervical cancer deaths prevented by screening
A Cancer Research UK study has found that cervical screening prevents 70 per cent of…
New way of testing drugs could speed up development of breast cancer treatments
Scientists have discovered a new way to test hundreds of cancer drugs very quickly, which could…