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Anne Li                                       2/3/17   Cancer rates will climb nearly six times faster in women than in men over the next 20 years, according to the latest figures released today by Cancer…...

Anne Li                                          2/3/17   Scientists have created a ‘map’ linking the shape of breast cancer cells to genes turned on and off, and matched it to real disease outcomes, which…...

Anne Li                                 2/3/17   Smoking is costing local authorities in England £760 million a year in social care, a new report warns. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health urged the Government…...

Anne Li                                 2/3/17   A revolutionary Cancer Research UK-funded project will investigate ways of bringing new and improved cancer diagnostic tests to GPs. The CanTest project will aim to improve and develop new ways…...

Anne Li                               2/3/17   Giving smokers personalised information about their risk of ill health can double the chance of them using NHS Stop Smoking Services, and improve their chance of quitting. The “promising” findings are…...

Anne Li                                    2/3/17   A large analysis of cervical tumour samples has found distinct genetic ‘signatures’ that could better define the disease. The study, by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network and…...

Anne Li                        2/3/17   A combination of two chemotherapy drugs – gemcitabine and capecitabine – should be the new standard of care for pancreatic cancer patients who have had surgery to remove their tumour, according to a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in…...

Anne Li                                     2/3/17   The Scottish Government has said it will publish a new strategy on diet and obesity in 2017, and as part of our Scale Down Cancer campaign we want to make sure that…...