Most commonly, people want to know why we spend more on breast cancer than on prostate cancer, despite the fact that there are similar numbers of cases of each per year.
These queries often contain the accusation, implied or explicit, that there is some prejudice against men, or male cancers, amongst the cancer research community.
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Cancer Research UK-funded research, Cancer in the news, Cancer myths, Diet, Genes, Health & Lifestyle, Prostate, Scientific papers | 
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Posted by Henry Scowcroft
The research was led by Professor Jane Wardle who directs Cancer Research UK’s Health Behaviour Research Centre at University College London. Wardle has had a longstanding interest in obesity and her research often makes the news. For example, she’s also published work on inherited preferences for food and childhood obesity.
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Body weight, Cancer Research UK-funded research, Cancer in the news, Genes | 
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Posted by Ed Yong
These little knobbly, bleepy bricks of controversy have, over the past few years, been accused of causing hearing loss, thumb strains, car crashes, spurious 999 calls, disruption of birds’ migration patterns, memory loss, and male infertility; encouraging children to look at pornography; increasing the risk of being struck by lightning… not to mention triggering the occasional lethal outburst. An impressive list for what is, basically, a small portable radio transmitter [added the word 'transmitter' for clarity, since a reader pointed out that mobiles broadcast and receive, whereas radios receive only - HS 7/5/08]. Read the rest of this entry »
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Cancer myths, Risks & Causes, Scientific papers | 
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Posted by Henry Scowcroft
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