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  1. Press Release: New molecular marker could predict if breast cancer patients need chemotherapy

    28 Jul 2010

    A new predictive marker which could help doctors to decide whether breast cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy has been identified by a team of scientists.

  2. News story: £50m interim fund to improve access to cancer drugs

    27 Jul 2010

    The government has announced a new £50 million fund to improve access to cancer drugs until the new Cancer Drugs Fund comes into effect in April 2011.

  3. News story: NICE guideline focuses on care for patients with cancer of unknown primary

    27 Jul 2010

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline which should help to improve care for thousands of patients with advanced cancer that has spread from an unknown primary location.

  4. Press Release: Huge public support to remove cigarette vending machines and tobacco displays in shops

    25 Jul 2010

    Three quarters of British adults support the removal of shop displays of tobacco (73 per cent) and a complete ban on cigarette vending machines (77 per cent) according to a new survey commissioned by Cancer Research UK this weekend.

  5. Press Release: Young people believe tobacco displays in shops encourage smoking

    23 Jul 2010

    Young people believe 'behind the counter' shop displays of cigarettes encourage smoking and are considered "cool, fun and attractive" according to new research published in Health Promotion Practice.