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Teenage cancer deaths cut to half of what they were in the 1970s
Almost half as many teenagers and young adults are dying from cancer today as did in the 1970s, according to a report from Cancer Research UK published Monday. Deaths between 2008-2010 in this age group were around 300 a year, down from 580 a year in the period 1975-1977. The…
Cancer deaths among UK 50-somethings drop to lowest level in 40 years
Deaths from cancer among 50-somethings have fallen to their lowest level in 40 years, thanks to better diagnosis, fewer people smoking and new drugs improving patients’ chances of survival. In 1971 over 21,300 people in the UK aged between 50 and 59 died of cancer, but in 2010 a total…
‘Holy grail’ gene mapping gives hope to breast cancer victims
By David Batty, guardian.co.uk The treatment of breast cancer could be revolutionised with patients offered more accurate diagnoses and better-targeted treatments after a study in which scientists genetically mapped the disease. The research found that rather than being a single disease, breast cancer can be classified into 10 distinct types.…
Uterine cancer deaths up almost 20 percent in 10 years in UK
The number of women in Britain dying each year from womb cancer has risen by almost 18 percent in the last decade, according to a cancer charity. Cancer Research UK said rising obesity was likely to be behind a sharp increase in women being diagnosed with the disease and had…
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