Taking the contraceptive pill can cut the risk of ovarian cancer, reported The Sun and other newspapers. The protection lasts “30 years after a woman stops taking
“Women boost their chances of surviving breast cancer if they complete their full five-year course of tamoxifen,” reported the Daily Mirror. It said that many women stop taking it after two years because they experience side effects...
“Eating just three eggs a week increases chance of men getting prostate cancer,” reported the Daily Mail. The story went on to say: “Experts in the US claimed that men who consume more than two-and-a-half eggs...
New research on tadpoles could help create new treatments for skin cancer according to media reports. This article explains the science behind the claims.
"New era in the war on cancer," is the over-hyped headline on the front of the Daily Mail. The new era refers to a trial looking at whether a combination of immunotherapy drugs could help with advanced melanoma skin cancer…
"Teenage boys who become very obese may double their risk of getting bowel cancer by the time they are in their 50s," The Guardian reports. A Swedish study found a strong association between teenage obesity and bowel cancer risk in later adulthood…
Writing in the New York Times, actress Angelina Jolie has announced that she has recently undergone a preventative double mastectomy followed by breast reductions surgery as genetic testing showed she had a high risk of developing breast cancer…
"No safe way to suntan, new NICE guidance warns," BBC News reports. Though the guidelines also stress the benefits of moderate sun exposure to prevent vitamin D deficiency; which is more common in the UK than many people realise…
An experimental technique has allowed a woman to successfully have two children after chemotherapy, several newspapers have reported. The mother, Dr Stinne Bergholdt of Denmark, had part of her right ovary removed and...