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Half of all UK cancer patients now survive at least 10 years
Fifty per cent of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at…
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Poor quality of life doesn’t predict low survival rates in high-risk lung cancer patients undergoing surgery
High-risk operable lung cancer patients have poorer quality of life scores than the normal U.S.…
Loss of Y Chromosome Increases Risk for Cancer and Early Death
Source: IFLS – Lisa Winter. Photo: Theis Kofoed Hjorth used via CC BY-SA 4.0 Though overall life…
Revolutionary clinical trial aims to advance lung cancer treatment
Using genetic screening to guide treatment, Cancer Research UK’s Stratified Medicine Programme will help bring…
First genetic link discovered to difficult-to-diagnose breast cancer sub-type
Scientists have identified the first genetic variant specifically associated with the risk of a difficult-to-diagnose…
Gene variant increases risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat
A common genetic variant that affects one in three people appears to significantly increase the…
Prognosis of tumours positive for human papilloma virus in head and neck cancers varies according to the site
Patients with cancer of the throat and who are positive for the Human Papilloma virus…
Well-known cancer gene NRAS produces 5 variants, study finds
A new study shows that a gene discovered 30 years ago and now known to…
As Fears Of Fukushima’s Radiation Linger, Children Flee Homes For Distant Schools
Source: AP/Huffington Post – Yuri Kageyama. Photo: RIE ISHII/AFP/Getty Images. The 12-year-old girl didn’t want to leave…
Father’s age at birth may affect daughter’s cancer risk
Source: City of Hope by Denise Heady. Paternal age and the health effects it has…