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Expanding waistlines will cause 3,500 more cancers each year, study finds
13 Aug 2014:Scientists hope that linking 12,000 cancers each year to people being overweight will spark more action against obesity
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6 Sep 2014: Pilots' union also concerned that 'blue light' may be damaging their members' eyes -
2 Sep 2014: Operation results in same mortality rates as having lumps removed and undergoing radiotherapy, new study finds
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1 Sep 2014:
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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31 Aug 2014: 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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29 Aug 2014: Exercise can reduce chance of dying from breast or prostate cancer and help with treatment side-effects, says Macmillan
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28 Aug 2014:
Fund that helps patients receive pioneering medicines not routinely funded by the NHS will be extended to 2016
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24 Aug 2014: Health secretary says government wants to 'aim high' to tackle disease, announcing cooperation between charities and GPs
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18 Aug 2014: Cancer Research UK: improved detection and treatment raised survival rates for breast, bowel, lung and prostate cancers
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14 Aug 2014:
Scientists hope that linking 12,000 cancers each year to people being overweight will spark more action against obesity
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13 Aug 2014: David Cox: Nanotherapy is showing promise as a means to target chemotherapy, kill tumour cells by heating or enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy
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11 Aug 2014: Ranjana Srivastava: As an oncologist, I feel frustrated on behalf of my patients who harbour the fear that they somehow brought the cancer upon themselves by having an abortion
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8 Aug 2014:
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence is too expensive for use on the NHS but Roche says it has already been picked up elsewhere
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8 Aug 2014:
Regulator Nice unable to approve £90,000 drug exceeding NHS limit, but pharmaceuticals firm calls UK funding system 'broken'
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7 Aug 2014:
Sarah Williams form Cancer Research UK on new research that suggests taking aspirin daily could prevent cancer
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6 Aug 2014:
Daily pill for middle-aged could save 130,000 lives over 20 years in Britain alone, scientists suggest
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