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Cancer campaigners say levels of fat, salt and sugar in food must be reduced
Health researchers claim maintaining healthy lifestyle and eating well could prevent as many as a third of all cancers Foodstuffs and drinks need to contain less sugar, salt and fat in order to help combat the growing number of people developing cancer, campaigners against the disease have said. The call from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) came as it released fresh estimates that the ...

Tesco selects Cancer Research UK as Charity of the Year in 2012
Today, 10 January 2012, Tesco is aiming to raise over £10 million to help Cancer Research UK's work to beat cancer by making Cancer Research UK its Charity of the Year in 2012.

Neuroblastoma - Toddler Lilly MacGlashan riddled with cancer tumours now in remission after pioneering treatment in U.S
Lilly MacGlashan, from Dunstable, was 'written off' by doctors in the UK when she relapsed following chemotherapy treatment for a rare cancer.

Breast cancer tissue bank opens
Britain's first breast cancer tissue bank has opened for business, supplying tumour samples to scientists around the UK.

Charlie Williams shares his battle with cancer to help others
Charlie Williams, from Boxford in Suffolk, was just five when he was diagnosed with medulloblastoma. The killer brain tumour strikes down about 50 children in the UK a year.

The final frontier in the war on cancer
Frustrated by glacial progress, the US has turned to physicists to fight the disease, reveals Paul Davies.

Cancer Research UK launches 'outpatients' trial of breast and ovarian cancer drug
(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office has re-launched a trial of a promising drug to treat inherited breast and ovarian cancer – but this time taken as a tablet by outpatients.

Breast Cancer Tissue Bank Opens To All, UK
The first national breast cancer tissue bank in the UK has opened its vaults of precious breast cancer tissue to all researchers in the UK and Ireland, providing a massive boost to breast cancer research. The bank is a unique collaboration of four leading research institutions and the NHS. Donor's breast tissue samples, blood samples, as well as data about the donor's breast cancer are all ...

VIDEO: Cancer carers missing vital support
More than a million people in the UK who care for someone with cancer are potentially missing out on vital support and benefits, according to the charity Macmillan Cancer Support.

Predicting the value of indexing symptoms for ovarian cancer
The use of symptom indices to identify patients with symptoms associated with ovarian cancer who may need further screening is increasing in both the UK and the US in an attempt to promote earlier diagnosis, but they may need to be reassessed in order to help better detect cancer, according to a study published January 13 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.