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Tuesday, 10 June 2003

NEW EVIDENCE THAT POWER LINES DO NOT CAUSE CHILDHOOD LEUKAEMIA

A study published in the British Journal of Cancer casts further doubt over claims that magnetic fields produced by power lines and electrical appliances can lead to childhood leukaemia.

Tuesday, 13 May 2003

PLANT SAP MAY CAUSE AFRICA'S COMMONEST CHILDREN'S CANCER

The sticky sap of the African milkbush may be an important cause of Burkitt's lymphoma - the most common childhood cancer in much of Africa - according a new study in the British Journal of Cancer.

Tuesday, 29 April 2003

OXFORD SCIENTIST BOLSTERS SEX HORMONE LINK TO BREAST CANCER

Increased levels of sex hormones in urine, often a result of obesity, warn of a heightened risk of breast cancer, according to a new study in the British Journal of Cancer.

Tuesday, 29 April 2003

SPECIALIST BREAST SURGEONS GIVE PATIENTS BETTER CHANCE OF SURVIVAL

Breast cancer patients operated on 10 years ago by specialists have done better than those treated by surgeons with fewer breast cancer patients, a Yorkshire study reveals today (Tuesday).

Tuesday, 15 April 2003

SURVEY OF CANCER GENES UNCOVERS VIKING ROOTS

The Scots and Northern Irish are genetically distinct from elsewhere in the UK, with a different legacy of inherited cancers than in England and Wales, the largest ever survey of its kind reveals today.

Tuesday, 1 April 2003

GENE THERAPY BOOSTS IMMUNE SYSTEM AGAINST CANCER

Transfusions of genetically engineered blood cells could give bowel cancer patients a powerful boost against their disease, scientists from Cancer Research UK report today.