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23 May 2012
US scientists have used an abandoned sleep disorder drug to target a cancer protein in mice that was previously considered 'undruggable'.
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Press Release: Increasing symptom awareness could improve cancer survival in men with mental illness
23 May 2012
Men suffering from psychiatric problems when diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die from the disease, according to a new study published today in the British Journal of Cancer.
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22 May 2012
A bowel cancer screening test, soon to be introduced in England, reduces the number of new cases and deaths from the disease, a US study has confirmed.
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18 May 2012
A new drug could be effective for the treatment of melanoma that has spread to the brain, according to an early-stage clinical trial.
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17 May 2012
Cancer Research UK’s Drug Development Office has opened the first trial of a new drug combination in patients with advanced solid tumours and in a subset of patients who have non-small cell lung cancer. This trial will combine two compounds that aim to starve the tumours while simultaneously blocking cancer cell growth.
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