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  1. News Story: NICE rules against liver cancer drug sorafenib

    19 Nov 2009

    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has ruled that sorafenib should not be made routinely available for patients with the most common form of primary liver cancer, advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

  2. Press Release: People looking for information on cancer say variety is key

    18 Nov 2009

    PEOPLE looking for detailed information about cancer outside of hospitals need a range of different information sources, reveals a Cancer Research UK survey published in the November issue of Cancer Nursing Practice*.

  3. News Story: Healthy lifestyles could prevent an estimated 80,000 cases of cancer each year

    17 Nov 2009

    A report from the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) estimates that nearly 80,000 cases of cancer could be prevented each year in the UK alone if people ate healthy diets, exercised regularly and maintained a suitable weight.

  4. News Story: Early trials begin for new breast-growing technique

    16 Nov 2009

    Researchers in Australia plan to test a new technique designed to stimulate natural breast tissue to regrow following surgery.

  5. Press Release: Scientists find 'sibling' cancer genes work together to fight skin cancer

    16 Nov 2009

    CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have shown, for the first time, how two genes from the same ‘family’ can interact with each other to stop cancer in its tracks - according to new findings published in Molecular Cell*.