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"Olaparib is already used for ovarian cancer but is expected to have the greatest benefit when used early."
"It doesn’t matter your age, gender or race."
What counts as "heavy bleeding" or "painful cramps" anyway?
Getting sunburnt just once every two years triples the risk of melanoma.
It can sometimes feel like every week there is a new thing that’s said to cause cancer, from the obvious to the unexpected. The one element that most of these headline stirrers have in common is carcinogens. We take a look at the most commonly-faced factors in the International Agency For Research on Cancer’s list of cancer-causing carcinogenic substances and activities.
I'm 44, and the effects of my cancer treatment mean I'd be happy never to have sex again.
Obesity now causes more cases of some cancers than smoking
"Smokers can stop smoking. People who are overweight or obese can’t suddenly be non-obese."
Vaccinations for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) have been so successful at reducing new infections of the disease, researchers are hopeful that there will be a corresponding dramatic drop in cervical cancer cases in high-income countries. “HPV is found in almost 100% of cervical cancer cases,” said Mélanie Drolet, who conducted a study into rates of cancer in countries which have implemented vaccination programmes.
But women should still be attending their smear tests.