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The Latest Breaking News on Cancer

‘Tongue cancer made it hard to speak and eat - but new smart jab treatment changed my life’

Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide, with around 12,800 new cases each year in the UK alone

The Independent UK

Sunbeds should be banned in the UK to cut skin cancer rates, experts say

Exposure to ultraviolet radiation from sunbeds was confirmed to be carcinogenic to humans in 2009 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

The Independent UK

Sick Of It All singer Lou Koller says his oesophageal cancer has returned

The hardcore vocalist was first diagnosed with the disease in summer 2024 and said he was cancer-free in May

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Three in four English hospitals failing to hit two cancer targets in league tables

Exclusive: Cancer experts declare ‘national emergency’ as hospitals miss targets on diagnosis and starting treatment

The Guardian - UK

Warning after cancer patients died following delays in getting life-saving emergency drugs

More than a dozen cancer patients have either died or become seriously ill after not getting rasburicase

The Independent UK

Thousands referred for liver cancer checks after on-the-spot scan

Some 112,831 people have had a mobile scan of their liver under the NHS scheme

The Independent UK

Treatment that can double bladder cancer survival rates available to 1,000 patients in England

People with disease that has spread have been found to live twice as long when given treatment hailed as ‘hopeful’

The Guardian - UK

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Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says

Stigma around mifepristone is stopping studies, experts in reproductive health claim in Lancet opinion piece

The Guardian - UK

Three new cancer drugs approved for use for NHS Scotland

Three new treatments for cancer have been approved for use by the NHS in Scotland ...

The National (Scotland)

The new take-at-home drug that ‘could boost effectiveness of chemotherapy’

New medicine will spare some patients from more aggressive treatments

The Independent UK

Patients to be fast-tracked on to new head and neck cancer vaccine trial

The jab uses mRNA technology to train the immune system to fight cancer.

Evening Standard

‘Game-changing’ cancer vaccine trial to begin on NHS

The jab uses mRNA technology to train the immune system to fight cancerous cells

The Independent UK

Alcohol labels should warn of cancer risk, urge health groups

Doctors and health experts have written a letter to Sir Keir Starmer urging the government to tackle a lack of awareness about the links between alcohol consumption and cancer

The Independent UK

Alcohol should have labels warning drinkers of cancer risks, charities say

Health organisations have written to Keir Starmer urging him to force drinks producers to include warnings

The Guardian - UK

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Banned in Britain, Still on US Shelves: Jolly Ranchers Pulled Over 'Cancer‑Causing' Ingredients

Jolly Rancher sweets have been pulled from UK shelves over ingredients linked to cancer risk. Here's why the US still allows them and what consumers need to know

The Independent UK

EPA will revisit Biden-era ban on the last type of asbestos used in US

The Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider a Biden administration ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States

The Guardian - UK

UK-wide drug trial hailed as a ‘milestone’ in leukaemia treatment

Combination of two targeted drugs found to produce better outcomes and was more tolerable than chemotherapy

Evening Standard

New leukaemia treatment hailed as ‘milestone’ for patients

After five years, 94% of patients were alive, with no disease progression.

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The Independent UK

‘Milestone’ treatment could reshape future leukaemia care

The Flair trial found that 94 per cent of patients who received the two targeted drugs were alive with no disease progression after five years

The Independent UK

NHS green lights ‘Trojan horse’ treatment that attacks cancer cells from inside

One early adopter describes how he was in remission ‘within the first two or three weeks’ after the treatment

The Independent UK

Groundbreaking cancer treatment which ‘destroys tumours with sound’ to be rolled out on NHS

UK regulators hail ‘major step forward’ as histotripsy to be offered to liver cancer patients later this year

The Guardian - UK

UK shortage of critical drug forcing pancreatic cancer patients to skip meals

One pharmacist described scarcity of life-saving Creon as ‘worst stock shortage’ they have dealt with

Evening Standard

Three-drug therapy helps women with aggressive breast cancer live longer – trial

The treatment could also delay the need for gruelling chemotherapy, according to the trial.

The Guardian - UK

‘Gift of life’: experts hail neck and head cancer breakthrough

Global trial shows immunotherapy drug significantly lowers chance of cancer spreading or returning

The Independent UK

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