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Strikes will make new cancer targets more difficult to meet, top medic warns

Exclusive: Old cancer targets ‘not the right thing; for patients, says NHS’ top cancer lead

The Independent UK

What can you actually do to help prevent cancer, as 12% believe coffee is carcinogenic?

One in eight people incorrectly think coffee causes cancer, a new poll suggests.

The Independent UK

Education secretary defends ‘incredibly rude’ comments about the value of A-level results – as it happened

Gillian Keegan told Sky that employers ‘won’t ask you anything about your A-level grades in 10 years’ time’

The Guardian - UK

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Scientists say prolonged low-dose radiation exposure more harmful than previously thought

Scientists found that people exposed to radiation through work may have a higher cancer risk than previously thought

The Independent UK

Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74

Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for The Associated Press,and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer

The Independent UK

NHS cancer targets breached 1m times since Rishi Sunak became PM

Long waits in England for patients to see specialists, get diagnoses and start treatment

The Guardian - UK

Government confirms two-thirds of cancer targets will be scrapped by autumn

It is hoped the new targets will help diagnose and treat cancer faster

The Independent UK

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Two-thirds of NHS cancer targets to be scrapped by autumn

More than two-thirds of NHS cancer targets will be scrapped by autumn, the Government has confirmed.

Evening Standard

Study calls into question ‘safe’ levels of radiation exposure

Scientists found that people exposed to radiation through work may have a higher cancer risk than previously thought.

The Independent UK

New Jersey OKs slightly better settlement over polluted land where childhood cancer cases rose

New Jersey has accepted a revised settlement over chemical dumping that turned a Jersey Shore community into one of America’s most notorious toxic waste cleanup sites

The Independent UK

New service to help Brits test for cancer then see GP within minutes

Newfoundland rapid at-home test kits can test for bowel cancer and kidney disease

Evening Standard

World First: Breast Cancer Drug Helps Lung Cancer Patient

Advanced lung cancer patient passes out from acute hypoglycemia, given treatment that is a successful scientific breakthrough.

Zenger

Woman who made bigoted slur at Glasgow Orange Walk march sentenced

A CHILD cancer survivor who made a bigoted slur and spat at police was shown mercy by a sheriff yesterday.

The National (Scotland)

Study: Current Models Overestimate Ashkenazi Breast Cancer Risk

Existing predictive models overstate the risks for Ashkenazi Jewish women of developing

Zenger

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The Independent UK

Vitamin D intake ‘may reduce cancer mortality in the population by 15%’ – study

The researchers looked at data from more than 400,000 people.

The Independent UK

Men who cycle, jog or swim could cut risk of nine cancers – study

Researches found men who regularly partake in these fitness activities had lower rates of disease.

The Independent UK

Cancer among military personnel linked to toxic ‘forever chemicals’, study finds

Military personnel employed as firefighters found to have particularly elevated levels of forever chemicals

The Independent UK

Men can cut the risk of nine cancers with certain exercises, study finds

A person’s ability to do aerobic exercise plays a significant role in reducing their risk

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The Guardian - UK

Patients could get cancer scans without GP referral, says Steve Barclay

Health secretary suggested patients could go directly to diagnostic test or clinician to ease ‘bottleneck’ in NHS system

The Guardian - UK

Fitness earlier in life reduces cancer risk when older, study shows

Data from more than 1 million males between 16 and 25 over five decades shows cardiorespiratory fitness can reduce risk up to 42%

The Independent UK

Men who cycle, jog or swim could cut risk of nine cancers, study finds

A person’s ability to do aerobic exercise plays a significant role in reducing their risk.

The Independent UK

Patients could skip their GP for cancer checks, says Barclay

It is the latest proposal floated amid ongoing pressure on the health service.

The Independent UK

Vitamin D intake ‘may reduce cancer mortality in the population by 15%’

Vitamin D deficiency is linked to an increased cancer mortality risk, particularly in relation to bowel, stomach, prostate, and lung cancers.

The Independent UK

A study of fracking's links to health issues will be released by Pennsylvania researchers

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are preparing to release findings from taxpayer-financed studies on possible links between the natural gas industry and pediatric cancer, asthma and poor birth outcomes

Reason

'This Is Not an Emergency'

How Florida prison officials let a man's prostate cancer progress until he was paralyzed and terminally ill.

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