cancer research
Blasting prostate tumours with radiotherapy can increase chances of survival
Patients whose prostate cancer has spread are typically given hormone therapy to reduce or stop the production of testosterone.
Obesity to cause more cancer in women than smoking, warn health experts
Being overweight is responsible for 7.5 per cent, or 13,200 cases of cancer in the UK alone.
Cancer study of Trinity nuclear test site expected to finish in 2019
Researchers are examining data on diet and radiation exposure on residents who lived near the World War II-era Trinity Test site.
Decoding hair colour genes could aid cancer research, says study
Findings, published in Nature Genetics, could also help forensic scientists use DNA samples to identify natural hair colour of criminals.
Find out about factors affecting life for older people with cancer
Researchers find physical and mental components of quality of life are likely affected by factors across different domains.
Cancer scientists may rely too much on mice
According to a new study, it is not possible to repeat experiments on mice to get similar results