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Tuesday, 12 August 2003
BIRMINGHAM SCIENTISTS USE VIRUSES TO COMBAT CANCER
Using viruses to target cancer cells could increase the effectiveness of conventional chemotherapy, according to a new study published in today�s British Journal of Cancer (Tuesday).
Tuesday, 29 July 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. Reporting their results in the British Journal of Cancer, Cancer Research UK scientists found that patients operated on by surgeons with an annual breast cancer caseload of more than 50 patients have a 68 per cent chance of survival after five years.
Tuesday, 29 July 2003
TWO-WEEK TARGET 'CHANGING LITTLE' FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS
The Government's two-week target is failing to have the hoped-for impact on waiting times for breast cancer treatment, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Tuesday, 29 July 2003
SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN HAVE HIGHER SURVIVAL FROM BREAST CANCER
South Asian women living in England are more likely to survive breast cancer than other women, Cancer Research UK scientists reveal. Researchers also found that mortality rates in women of South Asian origin with breast cancer were up to 18 per cent lower than in non-South Asian women with the disease.
Tuesday, 29 July 2003
GENETIC COUNSELLING CUTS FEAR OF BREAST CANCER
Women with a family history of breast cancer are less worried about getting the disease if they have genetic counselling, according to a study published today.
Tuesday, 1 July 2003
A worrying rise in cancer rates among South Asian people in the UK is revealed in a paper published in the British Journal of Cancer.
