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Immunotherapies can seek and destroy cancer cells

Personalised cancer treatments are becoming more common in the UK

15 July 2019

A UK survey has found that many people with cancer are receiving personalised treatments instead of broad-brush approaches like chemotherapy


Drinking sugary drinks linked to an increased risk for all cancers

Drinking sugary drinks linked to an increased risk for all cancers

10 July 2019

Drinking an average of just under 200 ml of a sugar-sweetened drink or fruit juice each day has been linked to an 18 per cent increase in cancer risk


The Epstein-Barr virus is linked to stomach cancer

AI can teach doctors to spot signs of cancer-causing viruses

10 July 2019

AI can spot previously unknown signs of cancer-related viruses in tissue samples, and can teach doctors to look for these patterns themselves


Some types of bacteria help keep you healthy

Lack of protective vaginal bacteria linked to high ovarian cancer risk

9 July 2019

Women who are genetically at risk for ovarian cancer have lower levels of protective strains of bacteria, similar to women who have the disease


HPV vaccine to be offered to UK boys as well as girls from September

HPV vaccine to be offered to UK boys as well as girls from September

8 July 2019

11 years after HPV vaccinations for girls started in UK schools, the injection is now set to be offered to boys across the UK too


Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

Immunotherapy may help treat some resistant bowel cancers

8 July 2019

A small study of drug-resistant bowel cancers suggests that it might be possible to treat these tumours using immunotherapy drugs


Dewayne Johnson

There is no evidence that the weedkiller glyphosate causes cancer

14 August 2018

Agrichemical firm Monsanto has been ordered to pay $289 million to a man who says its products caused his cancer – but scientific evidence for links to cancer is lacking


Skin microbes

Bacteria on our bodies may be protecting us from skin cancer

28 February 2018

We are covered in bacteria, but some of it is good for us. One strain makes a molecule that protects against skin cancer and shrinks tumours in mice


Stem cells zapped with radiation can protect mice from cancer

Stem cells zapped with radiation can protect mice from cancer

15 February 2018

Injections of killed stem cells, designed to help the immune system recognise cancers, have been found to protect mice from developing tumours


Field of wheat being sprayed

Ban on weedkiller glyphosate won't save anyone from cancer

26 October 2017

Unfounded health fears mean Europe is on the brink of banning the herbicide, risking greater soil damage and higher carbon emissions


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