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boy having the HPV vaccine

Health

Refusing boys HPV vaccine saves the NHS cash but is bad science

A UK advisory committee has decided that it isn’t cost effective to give boys a vaccine that wards off cancer, but that ignores the reality of teenagers’ sex lives

Analysis

A type of bacteria might speed up the growth of colon cancer

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A type of bacteria might speed up the growth of colon cancer

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tumour

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Cancer vaccines could prime our own bodies to fight tumours

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Health

UK National Health Service should do more to exploit genomics

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Pipette over small vials of blue liquid

Health

Should cash-strapped NHS pay for unproven gene sequencing?

Analysis

Health

Promising results from new drugs for prostate and ovarian cancer

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A bag of blood plasma

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Human tests suggest young blood cuts cancer and Alzheimer's risk

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Tumour-tracking drug that kills cancer approved in the US

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A colorectal cancer

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First timeline of a cancer tracks tumours from origin to spread

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Fukushima

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Fear is a killer: Nuclear expert reveals radiation's real danger

Experience in Nagasaki, Chernobyl and Fukushima has taught Shunichi Yamashita that anxiety and disruption can hurt people far worse than radiation itself

Features

Earth

Increased cancer rate in US linked to bad environment

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Life

Man dreams in colour for first time during cancer radiotherapy

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Health

Cancer Drug Fund didn’t deliver value ‘to patients or society’

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Health

Should you worry about heavy phone use causing cancer?

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