The dangers of radon
The number of cancer deaths related to radon gas is very small but for people living in radon hotspots it…
Cancer
Why the PSA test is not pointless
The PSA test has long been considered the first line of defence against prostate cancer. A simple blood test, it…
Treating aggressive brain tumours
A study led by myself and my colleague Dr Sandrine Willaime-Morawek, lecturer in Stem Cells and Brain Repair at the…
Do biopsies spread prostate cancer?
Men who have suspected prostate cancer are usually offered a biopsy alongside a scan to confirm the diagnosis. Those who fit the protocol for…
The faster they run
Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood with a high mortality rate, partly due to the fact that leukaemia cells…
Breast cancer and younger women
A record number of women under the age of 50 are developing breast cancer. One in five breast cancer cases are…
Why did you get cancer?
I am a father of someone who had cancer. My daughter, Bryony, died in 2004 when she was 23 after…
The health benefits of taxing tobacco
Cancer of all types is a growing cause of disease in low and middle-income countries and smoking tobacco is a…
Vitamin A and pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most common type of pancreatic cancer and very aggressive. As one of the stiffest…
The global cancer fightback
High-income countries (defined by the World Bank as Gross National Income in dollars per capita per year), such as the…