Cancer
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Evgen wants to raise up to £20m for clinical studies of experimental Sulforadex tablet to treat brain haemorrhage, prostate and breast cancer
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Common complementary therapies found to have serious drug interactions or reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy or radiation treatment
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Margaret McCartney: Despite death being our only shared destiny, there is an amazing amount of misinformation about what medicine can achieve at the end of life
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Hopes surround the protein that suppresses tumours – but what about Big Pharma, asks Peter Forbes
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World Cancer Research Fund review of global research finds link between obesity and advanced prostate cancer is strong
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Observer editorial: Stephen Sutton was remarkable in life – and this should be his lasting legacy
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Maurice Saatchi: The 100 doctors who wrote to the Times rubbishing my medical innovation bill are the authentic voice of complacency. Let us help them to move on
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Ranjana Srivastava: It is only in the aftermath of treatment that survivors discern that their adrenalin alone won’t fuel the rest of their recovery. For many, surviving cancer is followed by even more hardship
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Anne Perkins: First thoughts: By guaranteeing prices to drugs companies, the fund sustains inflated costs to the NHS and the profitability of big pharma
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Cancer Council NSW report also says Aboriginal men are 13% less likely to have surgery for cancer than non-Aboriginal men
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Mathematics attempts to explain everything, while Sir Patrick Moore’s legacy lives on
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Lack of research means about 1,000 die every year from the eighth most common cancer
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Drugs added to pet food may extend lives of dogs and lead the way to protect humans against cancer and heart conditions
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Robin McKie: A life-affirming and reassuring analysis that treats cancer as a subject of study for the natural historian and social scientist
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Miniature stomachs, known as gastric organoids, will help in study of ulcers and could be used in future to repair patients’ stomachs
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Thirty percent of people with lung cancer will die within 90 days of being diagnosed – how can that prognosis be improved and is it time for a national screening programme?
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Review Trust Me, I’m a Doctor; Curing Cancer review – debunked health myths v extraordinary medical science
Bognor Regis’ Italian contingent proving that pasta can, in fact, be good for you is no match for the moving – and fascinating – story of cancer patients’ journey to recovery, writes Sam Wollaston -
Dr Nick Peel: Researchers have identified a chemical that melanoma cells follow when they spread around the body – raising the prospect of eventually switching it off
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When a scientist and a fashion designer get together, they make cancer research tangible. Scientist Esther Baena and fashion designer Arielle Gogh from team Transmutation, Descience, talk about their experience
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Naomi Elster: Cancer’s ability to evolve drug resistance makes it impossible to eradicate, but we may one day transform it from a killer into a long-term illness
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Targeted cancer therapies are like heat-seeking missiles programmed to find and attack cancer but leave healthy cells alone
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One of the first weapons to be deployed against cancer came not from a hospital or lab but from the trenches of the war that marks its centenary this year
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Karuna Jaggar: Ribbons and shoes aren’t just a distraction from the league’s sexism, misogyny and violence against women. Its Breast Cancer Awareness stunt is based on deadly misinformation
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Suzanne Moore: First thoughts: Terminal illness is political as well as personal – and she has started a necessary conversation where often there is silence
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Late detection of condition in 46% of sufferers can greatly reduce chances of survival, warns Cancer Research UK
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Doctors say more research into child cancer needed after death of Skye Hall, who had same kind of brain tumour as Ashya King
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Teenage Cancer Trust's largest fundraising campaign proceeds to be invested in facilities and training throughout UK
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Pilots' union also concerned that 'blue light' may be damaging their members' eyes
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Operation results in same mortality rates as having lumps removed and undergoing radiotherapy, new study finds
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Ranjana Srivastava: Patients with advanced cancer die, thinking remorsefully that if they had only held out, a cure for cancer may have appeared. In the face of current evidence, we owe them better
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Jon Butterworth: A brief explanation of the physics behind the treatment that Ashya King’s parents wanted for their son’s cancer
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Exercise can reduce chance of dying from breast or prostate cancer and help with treatment side-effects, says Macmillan
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Fund that helps patients receive pioneering medicines not routinely funded by the NHS will be extended to 2016
Notes & Theories Expect clinics offering 'integrative therapy' for cancer if Saatchi bill passes