Scientists have found a protein they believe can help boost immunity to cancer and viruses. Researchers from Imperial College London say the discovery could open the door to new therapies.
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Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, those aged over 85 and people living in poorer areas are being failed in the quality of palliative care they receive, according to a
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Survival rates for common cancers in the UK are trailing 10 years behind other European countries, a charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said survival rates in many places from
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More than 30,000 men in the UK are living with advanced and incurable prostate cancer, according to a new report. The figure is higher than its equivalent for any of
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Only one in five people with cancer receive any kind of formal support, with many left housebound or unable to wash or dress themselves, a charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer
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The Government is to stop funding 25 cancer treatments as part of efforts to cut costs by £80 million. NHS England has announced that the budget for the Cancer Drugs
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Health chiefs today launched a major initiative designed to improve prevention, detection and treatment of cancer. NHS England announced an independent task force which will develop a five-year action plan
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There will be a record high 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK in 2015, an increase of almost half a million people in the last five years,
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Labour is promising to establish a £330 million cancer treatments fund to improve access to cutting-edge surgery and radiotherapy as well as the latest drugs if it gains power in
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The UK will fail to meet international commitments on reducing deaths from preventable diseases unless it prioritises the prevention of ill health, a group of leading charities has warned. In
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