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		<title>Home ‘prostate screening’ kits – are they reliable?</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/11/06/home-%e2%80%98prostate-screening%e2%80%99-kits-%e2%80%93-are-they-reliable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer in the news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen news this week that a batch of home test kits that allegedly screen for prostate cancer has been recalled, because they weren’t giving accurate results.
These test kits, like the ones that are available through GPs, are designed to measure the level of a protein called PSA in the blood. They’re meant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2409&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCRI Cancer Conference 2009: A new dawn &#8211; Monoclonal antibodies</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/11/06/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-a-new-dawn-monoclonal-antibodies/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/11/06/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-a-new-dawn-monoclonal-antibodies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen George</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer Research UK-funded research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immune system]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are so many different types of cancer drugs coming into the clinic that it can sometimes be hard to keep up.  Among the most exciting additions in the last decade are monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)  – Herceptin and rituximab are two examples.
Rituximab was the first mAb to be licensed in the UK.  It has transformed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2405&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCRI Cancer Conference 2009: Stopping cancer in its tracks</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/11/05/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-stopping-cancer-in-its-tracks/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/11/05/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-stopping-cancer-in-its-tracks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>aliross90</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Metastasis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCRI conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarcoma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cancer cells can invade their surrounding tissues and spread – or metastasise &#8211; to other parts of the body. Once this happens, cancer is much more difficult to successfully treat. In fact, it is estimated that around 9 out of 10 cancer deaths are due to cancer that has spread.
Recently, the advent of new, cutting-edge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2398&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Alison Ross</media:title>
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		<title>NCRI Cancer Conference 2009: Finding the ideal cancer drug</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/30/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-finding-the-ideal-cancer-drug/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/30/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-finding-the-ideal-cancer-drug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:26:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCRI conference]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 2009 conference ended on a high note with an inspirational talk from Professor Gerard Evan, who has recently been appointed Sir William Dunn Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge, where he&#8217;ll continue his cutting-edge work on studying cancer cells to find targets for new treatments.
In his talk, Professor Evan took the audience [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2387&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Laura Bell</media:title>
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		<title>The (multi) million pound question</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/27/the-multi-million-pound-question/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/27/the-multi-million-pound-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Arney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer Research UK-funded research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, our actual research spend was £355 million – that’s more than any other cancer charity.  All of this money comes from the generous donations of millions of people in the UK. It’s vital that we spend it wisely, and that people know how we decide what to fund.
Here&#8217;s a peek behind the scenes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2371&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Kat Arney</media:title>
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		<title>What’s new on our News and Resources website?</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/22/whats-new-on-our-news-and-resources-website/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/22/whats-new-on-our-news-and-resources-website/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Scowcroft</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your questions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a busy year in the Cancer Research UK web team. Not content with completely revamping CancerHelp UK (our award-winning patient information website) we’ve also given our News &#38; Resources site an overhaul.
News &#38; Resources, launched in 2005, is the charity’s general information website – the home of our news, press releases, statistics, health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2351&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Henry</media:title>
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		<title>NCRI Cancer Conference 2009: Cell metabolism &#8211; cancer&#8217;s Achilles&#8217; heel?</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/21/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-cell-metabolism/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/21/ncri-cancer-conference-2009-cell-metabolism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Bell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer Research UK-funded research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCRI conference]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientists have been researching cell metabolism – how our cells produce and use energy – for decades. And this is a particularly pertinent topic in cancer, as cancer cells seem to use energy differently from normal cells.
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in the area. And at this year&#8217;s NCRI Cancer Conference, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2361&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Laura Bell</media:title>
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		<title>Can being overweight be good for you?</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/16/can-being-overweight-be-good-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/16/can-being-overweight-be-good-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Yong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body weight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer Prevention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health & Lifestyle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Risks & Causes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Telegraph reported that, “It is better to be fat than thin at age 40, according to a new study which shows that the overweight are likely to live longer than those who are slim.”
These claims were apparently based on a new Japanese study, although the article didn’t provide a reference and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2348&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Ed</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Claims that being overweight increases lifespan are premature</media:title>
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		<title>Scientists prove leukaemia can pass from mother to child &#8211; but it&#8217;s extremely rare</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/13/scientists-prove-leukaemia-can-spread-from-mother-to-child/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/13/scientists-prove-leukaemia-can-spread-from-mother-to-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kat Arney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leukaemia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the stories in the news today is the scientific proof that some cancers can, in some circumstances, spread from a mother to her baby while in the womb.
Before we look at the research in depth, the first thing to point out is that this is extremely rare. Since 1866, there have only been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2322&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Kat Arney</media:title>
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		<title>Result! MPs vote to ban cigarette vending machines and ‘point of sale’ tobacco advertising</title>
		<link>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/12/result-mps-vote-to-ban-cigarette-vending-machines-and-point-of-sale-tobacco-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/10/12/result-mps-vote-to-ban-cigarette-vending-machines-and-point-of-sale-tobacco-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry Scowcroft</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer in the news]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a very quick post to bring you the news that MPs have tonight voted to put tobacco out of sight and out of mind, passing amendments to the Health Bill that will result in two things:

Tobacco will no longer be displayed at point of sale, and
Cigarette vending machines will be banned.

The complete ban on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org&blog=3148312&post=2327&subd=cancerresearchuk&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Henry</media:title>
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