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Anne Li                                      1/15/17   Around a third of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS – abnormal breast tissue) through screening in Denmark are likely to receive unnecessary treatment, according to new…...

Anne Li                                 1/15/17   The increasing number of patients being discussed at expert cancer meetings means that specialists are under growing pressure, according to a Cancer Research UK report published today. Last year, 1.4 million…...

Anne Li                   1/15/17   UK scientists have revealed a number of genes that could play a role in how cancer cells spread through the body. Led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the study showed that removing one of these genes…...

Anne Li                             1/15/17   The Welsh government has announced “hugely positive” changes to its screening programmes for both cervical and bowel cancer. From April 2017 a pilot programme will switch the order of the tests used for cervical screening. This will see…...

Anne Li                                          1/1/17   Deaths from cancer in the United States have dropped 25 percent since hitting a peak in 1991, a new report finds. The drop means that 2.1…...

Anne Li                                1/1/17   Cancer is a genetic disease—that is, cancer is caused by certain changes to genes that control the way our cells function, especially how they grow and divide. These changes include mutations in the DNA that makes up…...

Anne Li                               1/1/17   As you think about taking part in a clinical trial, you will face the issue of how to cover the costs of care. There are two types of costs associated with…...