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Air pollution can shorten lives of patients with lung cancer

Reducing exposure to air pollutants could improve lung cancer survival rates, research...

09 Aug 2016

Genetic testing can improve precision prescribing for men with advanced prostate cancer

Review of ‘Inherited DNA: repair gene mutations in men with metastatic prostate cancer’

13 Jul 2016

Spotting breast cancer

Better-educated women more likely to spot breast cancer

12 Jul 2016

Ovarian cancer: Call to lower threshold for pre-emptive surgery

Current age threshold of 40 should be halved say UK researchers.

12 Jul 2016

Use of alternative medicine alongside chemotherapy

05 Jul 2016

How personal attitudes to death influence end-of-life care

05 Jul 2016

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