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Health

Why do women keep taking HRT despite breast cancer risks?

A new analysis suggests hormone replacement therapy increases the risk of developing breast cancer even more than we thought. Will women keep taking it?

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Health

Three questions to ask your doctor before any treatment

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Health

The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them

Features

Counting genetic mutations predicts how soon you’ll get cancer

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Counting genetic mutations predicts how soon you’ll get cancer

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A fossil foot bone showing signs of a malignant tumour

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Fossil tumour is oldest evidence of human cancer discovered yet

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Desk job death risk is eliminated by an hour's walk or cycle

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Alcohol linked to at least seven cancers – not just liver cancer

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Health

Too much light weakens bones and changes immune system

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Optimism over cancer treatments should always be cautious

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Optimism over cancer treatments should always be cautious

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Pan Pantziarka

Health

I help repurpose everyday drugs like aspirin to fight cancer

Specialist drugs are getting outwitted by cancer. Pan Pantziarka says a solution may be right under our noses

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Technology

Virtual reality lets you stroll around a breast cancer cell

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Microbubbles open brain's barrier to make chemo more effective

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Health

Is proton beam therapy really a game-changing cancer treatment?

Insight

Health

'People said I was mad': Why I chose extreme treatment for my MS

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