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Working night shifts may not raise your breast cancer risk after all

Night shifts do not increase the risk of breast cancer, a ten-year study of more than 100,000 women in the UK suggests

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A migrating breast cancer cells

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Breast cancer spreads through the body in just two or three waves

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Drosophila could help personalise cancer treatments

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Specially created animal 'cancer avatars' could personalise treatments

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Rise in colon cancer seen in under-50s

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Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery to focus on anti-evolution treatments

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Georgios Papanikolaou: inventor of the Pap smear cervical cancer test

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Georgios Papanikolaou: inventor of the Pap smear cervical cancer test

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Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

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Genetically modified virus may shrink incurable brain cancers

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Scotland's HPV vaccine linked to 'near elimination' of cervical cancer

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Spread of cancers halted by smart bacteria that trigger immune attack

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Too much sunscreen? Why avoiding the sun could damage your health

For years we have been told to slather up or seek shade to avoid skin cancer. But now it is becoming clear that shunning the sun comes with its own health perils

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Landmark HIV case may be the second person ever to be ‘cured’

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A gut bacteria toxin that damages DNA may be involved in bowel cancer

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Annual screening for high-risk women in their 30s finds breast cancers

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Recommended gap between smear tests could increase thanks to HPV test

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