Cancer Research UK

Could Beta Blockers Boost Effects Of Chemotherapy?

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Beta blocker drugs, normally used for high blood pressure, could enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapies in treating neuroblastoma, a type of chil...

Bowel Cancer Rates Soar Among Men

PA | Posted 01.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Bowel cancer rates among men have soared by more than a quarter in the last 35 years, new figures have shown. In contrast, women have experienced a...

Shock At Huge Rise In Number Of Child Smokers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.03.2013 | UK

The number of children who have taken up smoking has risen by 50,000 in just one year, research suggests. About 207,000 children aged 11 to 15 star...

Sarah Dean

EXCLUSIVE: Arguably The UK's Hottest Boyband Show Their Caring Side For Christmas

HuffingtonPost.com | Sarah Dean | Posted 07.12.2012 | UK Entertainment

"We met an 80-year-old woman in a hospital once and she actually held on to life because she knew she was going to see us," recounts JLS member JB Gil...

Bring Back the Ronseal Test

Dave Clements | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK
Dave Clements

I'm sure there are other similar wood-treatment products out there but only the Ronseal test will get us any closer to making sure that riots, housing associations and charities do what they say on the tin.

Public To Cure Cancer Using Cell Slider

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Millions of computer users are being invited to contribute to cancer research via an interactive website. The "citizen science" project from Cancer...

PICTURES: Dallaglio And Foster Stand Up To Cancer

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.10.2012 | UK Sport

England rugby union World Cup winner Lawrence Dallaglio and Commonwealth, European and World championship medallist Mark Foster have united to front C...

Ovarian Cancer: UK Survival Rates 'Lower'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Women are less likely to survive ovarian cancer in the UK than in other comparable countries, researchers have said. Differences in treatment for a...

Cancer Death Rates Set To Fall By 17%

PA | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK

Cancer death rates in the UK are set to fall by almost 17% by 2030, experts predict, but deaths from oral and liver cancer are rising. Better diagn...

'Too Many' Cancers Diagnosed In A&E

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Almost a quarter of people are not diagnosed with cancer until they are admitted to hospital as an urgent case, research suggests. The National Can...

Gwyneth Paltrow Helping Transform Television to Transform the World

Andrea Hartley | Posted 23.10.2012 | UK Entertainment
Andrea Hartley

Yesterday, as Cancer Research UK and Channel Four announced the launch of Stand Up to Cancer, I felt a new era had dawned for televised fundraising in the UK.

Fat People 'Lack Willpower' To Diet Despite Cancer Risk

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Overweight Britons know that their weight could increase their risk of cancer but still struggle to find the drive to lose the pounds, research sugges...

The Success Of Team LOLA: Raising Awareness For Sarcoma

Holly Alsop | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Holly Alsop

Team LOLA have raised over £1400 for Cancer Research UK with additional donations for Sarcoma UK totalling to £2500 overall, an achievement that has made all who were close to Lola extremely proud.

Plain Tobacco Packs Awaken a Sleeping Tobacco Industry

Simon Chapman | Posted 08.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Simon Chapman

Just one disease caused by smoking - lung cancer - was rare before 1930. Over the next 50 years, it rose to become the world's leading cause of cancer death. In countries like Australia it is now on the wane. Plain packaging will accelerate its eventual demise as a major cause of death.

Breast Cancer Is '10 Separate Diseases'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A "landmark" study that divides types of breast cancer into 10 new categories could change the way the disease is treated forever, scientists said tod...

Why Oral Cancer Figures Are At An All-Time High

PA | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Oral cancer cases have risen above 6,000 a year for the first time, figures revealed today. Cancer Research UK has attributed the increase to risin...

Charity Walker Needs A Shave After Epic Journey To Land's End

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.03.2012 | UK

A man who embarked on a charity walk covering the length and breadth of Britain has completed his journey from John O'Groats to Land's End - via Belfa...

Fear Of Doctors Leads To Thousands Of 'Avoidable' Cancer Deaths

PA | Posted 05.05.2012 | UK

Nearly 40% of people who fear they might have cancer delay visiting a doctor because they are worried about what they will find, according to new rese...

Older Women Are Not Aware Of Breast Cancer Symptoms, Suggest Research

PA | Posted 01.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A lack of awareness of breast cancer symptoms among older women could be to blame for the fact they are more likely to be diagnosed at a later stage, ...

Model Agencies Ban Sunbeds Over Cancer Fears

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Britain’s leading modeling agencies have signed a groundbreaking ‘No Sunbed’ policy agreement in support of Cancer Research UK’s R UV UGLY? Ca...

Could This Breakthrough ‘Melt’ Cancer Tumours?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 26.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Cancer Research Technology (CRT) has launched a spin-out company that will develop a next-generation of High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) surge...

Cancer Drugs Could Cause Tumours To Spread, Warns Study

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Cancer drugs that are designed to shrink tumours by cutting off the supply to their blood may be doing the opposite and helping them spread to other p...

Throat Spray Could Help Detect Cancer, Doctors Claim

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK

A fluorescent "throat spray" which pinpoints abnormal cells could help doctors detect early oesophagus cancer, research has revealed. The technique...

‘Bald Barbie’ Doll For Cancer Sufferers – Coming Soon?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 12.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Inspired by a one-of-a-kind Barbie doll created for a four-year-old cancer sufferer, campaigners are calling for a 'Beautiful and Bald Barbie' to be ...

Recession-Hit Bargain Hunters are Flocking to Charity Shops

Sandy Dhaliwal | Posted 13.02.2012 | UK Style
Sandy Dhaliwal

Thrifty shoppers across the UK are turning more to charity shops since the economic downturn. In my local area of Clapham, I found that charity shops including Trinity Hospice, Cancer Research UK and Ace of Clubs have seen a rise in sales since the recession.