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CancerResearchUK

• HPV home tests for cervical cancer prove effective in study 4 November, 2011, 9:03 am
  Self-testing for the human papillomavirus (HPV) - the virus that causes cervical cancer - at home is at least as sensitive as conventional cytology (smear testing) in detecting cervical cancer or pre-cancerous changes, a study of Mexican women has found.
• Cervical cancers rise in young women 4 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  The incidence of cervical cancer in women in their 20s has risen by over 40 per cent between 1992 and 2006 in England, despite the overall incidence of cervical cancer dropping by 30 per cent, according to research* that will be presented at the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool which starts tomorrow.
• Poor men more likely to die from bowel cancer 5 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  Deprived men are more likely to die from bowel cancer than men from the most affluent section of society, new research presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool this week shows.
• Breast cancer patients lack adequate fertility preservation advice 6 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  Women may not receive adequate information on fertility preservation before breast cancer treatment, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool today (Monday).
• First evidence of new 'druggable' DNA repair target to destroy cancer cells 6 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  BLOCKING a key DNA damage repair enzyme, called APE1, could provide a new way to kill cancer cells containing faulty BRCA genes, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool
• Researchers recognised by Cancer Research UK prizes 7 November, 2011, 4:15 am
  Cancer Research UK yesterday announced the recipients of this year's Cancer Research UK Prizes at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.
• Medics miss key opportunities to prevent cancers linked to obesity 7 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  People who work in health care are failing to give patients crucial information about the link between obesity and cancer according to new research presented today (Tuesday) at the National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Conference (NCRI) in Liverpool.
• Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time 7 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from when a patient first visits their GP with symptoms to when they are diagnosed with the disease.
• Scientists discover nucleoli damage could kill cancer cells 7 November, 2011, 5:01 pm
  Damaging a cell's nucleolus could destroy cancer cells by increasing levels of the most important tumour prevention protein, p53, reveals research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool, today.
• Radiotherapy 'improves prostate cancer survival' 8 November, 2011, 8:14 am
  Scientists from Canada and the UK have found evidence that combining hormone therapy with radiotherapy improves survival among prostate cancer patients.