Category: Science blog February 21, 2019 0 comments
With NHS budgets stretched, it’s critical that cancer drugs offer value for money. We’ve teamed up with the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership to investigate a different approach to drug pricing.
Category: Science blog February 19, 2019 1 comment
We pay tribute to Peter Rainey – a passionate and dedicated patient advocate who helped put people affected by cancer at the heart of our research programme.
Category: Science blog February 16, 2019 2 comments
In this week’s news: survey reveals misconceptions around HPV and a prominent American figure wrongly suggests measles cures cancer.
Category: Science blog February 14, 2019 0 comments
Our Grand Challenge scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are using their expertise in measurement to draw a new map of cancer. The team hopes it will point to ways to diagnose and treat the disease.
Category: Science blog February 13, 2019 46 comments
There’s no convincing evidence that artificial sweeteners increase cancer risk. But can they help weight loss? We take a look at the latest research.
Category: Science blog February 9, 2019 0 comments
In this week’s news: NHS England roll out lung cancer scanning, and a planned cervical screening test switch could see the time between screenings extended to 5 years.
Category: Science blog February 8, 2019 1 comment
The roll-out of mobile NHS scanners will save lives from lung cancer. But staff shortages, stop smoking services and treatment inequalities can’t be ignored.
Category: Science blog February 4, 2019 0 comments
Scientists are working to document all the faults in the DNA of cancer cells to help them understand how cancer works.
Category: Science blog February 2, 2019 2 comments
In this week’s news: vaping as a stop smoking tool and why a ‘cancer cure in a year’ is unlikely.
Category: Science blog February 1, 2019 3 comments
We answer 5 common questions about heated tobacco products, from what’s in them and if they’re safe to whether they can help someone quit smoking.
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