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HPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it’s given, study shows
Anne Li A decade of data on hundreds of boys and girls who received the HPV vaccine indicates the vaccine is safe and effective long term in protecting against the most virulent strains of the…
Bowel screening and car park cancer scans: what you need to know about the latest NHS announcements
Anne Li It’s a simple message: diagnose cancer earlier and treatment is more likely to be successful. But doing this isn’t so simple. That’s why a string of announcements from NHS England chief, Simon Stevens,…
Experimental drug trial seeks to improve treatment for head and neck cancer
Anne Li A trial to test an experimental drug in patients with head and neck cancer launches in the UK, through the Combinations Alliance – a joint initiative between Cancer Research UK and the Experimental…
Gut bacteria might hitch a ride with spreading bowel cancer cells
Anne Li Bacteria found in certain bowel cancers can also be found inside a small number of tumours that have spread to another part of the body, says new research. The bacteria helped bowel cancer…
Our milestones: Nudging breast cancer radiotherapy in the right direction
Anne Li The journey from discovering x-rays to using them to treat cancer was a quick one. It began in the winter of 1895 in a physicist’s lab in central Bavaria, Germany. While he was…
