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Call for better bowel cancer care - BBC Health News 30th October 2009
"There are still gaps in bowel cancer surgery care, an audit suggests.
The review of 41,000 cases from 2006 to 2008 showed that too many patients were still not getting access to specialist nurses and the proper tests."
The test that can detect bowel cancer - from outside your body - Daily Mail 18th October 2009
"More than 1.5 million people who are most at risk from bowel cancer have ignored a simple, free test that could spot an early symptom of the disease - one of the deadliest cancers but which is treatable in nine out of ten cases.
Perhaps they are anxious about the follow-up tests but the latest procedure - a virtual colonoscopy - is pain and anaesthetic-free, as I recently discovered. "
Experts find 'faulty' gene linked to cancers - The Independent 7th October 2009
"British scientists have identified a faulty gene linked to over half of all breast cancer cases, in what they claim is a major breakthrough in fighting the killer disease.
The gene is also linked to half of bowel and prostate cancers and one in four ovarian and bladder cancers, said the experts from Cambridge University's pathology department."
Scientists find gene that stops some cancers in their tracks - The Guardian 5th October 2009
"Scientists have identified a gene they believe plays a major role in more than half of all breast cancers and a significant portion of other tumours.
The gene, which helps to stop cancer cells in their tracks, came to light after researchers noticed it was missing from tissues that had been removed from breast cancers for testing. The lack of the gene has also been implicated in half of all cases of colon and prostate cancer, and a quarter of ovarian and bladder tumours."
Scientists hail key breast cancer gene advance - The Times 5th October 2009
"Scientists have hailed the discovery of one of the most important genetic links to breast cancer after finding a gene that is thought to play a role in more than half of all tumours.
The gene is also implicated in the development of half of bowel and prostate cancers and a quarter of ovarian and bladder cancers. "
Breast cancer gene discovery 'most important for 20 years' - Daily Telegraph 5th October 2009
"Scientists have found a faulty gene linked to half of all breast cancers which experts have hailed as the most important discovery in the disease since the 1970s. "
Breast cancer experts make most important gene discovery for 20 years - Daily Mail 5th October 2009
"Scientists have made a breakthrough in pinpointing a gene linked to more than half of all breast cancers, it was announced today.
The gene is also thought to be linked to half of bowel and prostate cancers and a quarter of ovarian and bladder cancers."
Key cancer spread gene found - BBC Health News 5th October 2009
"Scientists have pinpointed a gene linked to more than half of all breast cancers.
The gene, NRG1 (neuregulin-1), is also thought to play a role in many bowel, prostate, ovarian and bladder tumours."
Obesity will be biggest cancer cause within 10 years - Daily Telegraph 24th September 2009
Obesity will be the biggest cause of cancer in women within the next decade, researchers have warned.
Being overweight could become the leading cause of cancer in women, say scientists - Daily Mail 25th September 2009
New predictions about the impact of obesity suggest it could soon overtake smoking as the key trigger for cancers such as those of the bowel, womb and breast.
Almost one in ten new cases of the disease among women in Europe are currently attributed to being overweight or obese - almost three times more than men - according to data presented at a major conference in Berlin.
Blood test raises prospect of early bowel cancer detection - The Times 21st September 2009
Blood tests that can identify patients with bowel and stomach cancers have been devised by scientists, raising the prospect of rapid, population-wide screening for the tumours.
Studies by teams in Belgium and Germany have shown that gastrointestinal cancers can be detected and assessed for their risk of spreading through a blood sample rather than the more complex tests now in use.
Blood tests to diagnose bowel and stomach cancers - Daily Telegraph 21st September 2009
Simple blood tests which could soon be used to diagnose bowel and stomach cancers have been unveiled by scientists.
‘Jade effect’ boost for cancer screening - The Times 26th August 2009
Men are more reluctant than women to take tests that might prevent cancer, new figures show. While there has been a significant increase in the number of women seeking cervical smear tests, men appear reluctant to take up Scotland's national bowel screening programme, despite the disease presenting just as great a risk.
Eat up your crusts, they really are good for you - Daily Mail 21st July 2009
They certainly can't make your hair curl - but there may be more than a crumb of truth in the claim that bread crusts are good for you.\n\nScientists say a chemical released during the baking process can protect against bowel cancer.
Eating crusts 'protects against bowel cancer' - Daily Telegraph 21st July 2009
They won't make your hair curl but new research suggests eating crusts may actually be good for you.
'I refused to let bowel cancer slow me down': Celebrity sports team boss was told he needed a colostomy bag - Daily Mail 21st July 2009
When businessman David Folb was diagnosed with bowel cancer three years ago, he was told surgery to remove the tumour would mean wearing a colostomy bag for the rest of his life.
David, who is in his 40s, runs Lashings World XI - a cricket team made up of former and current international players - and he spends much of the year travelling. A colostomy bag, as he puts it, 'was not my idea of fun'.
Health news: How singing can ease irritable bowel and gargling tea can beat bad breath - Daily Mail 21st July 2009
In our pick of top health stories this week, scientists have found that singing may help ease irritable bowel disease, early menopause could increase risk of stroke and compounds in tea could help prevent bad breath.
Deaths from common cancers at 40-year low - The Daily Telegraph 10th July 2009
The number of people dying from Britain's most common cancers is at the lowest level since the 1970s despite more people developing the disease.
Common cancer deaths 'falling' - BBC Health New 9th July 2009
The number of people dying from three of the most common cancers has fallen to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, figures show.
UK death rates from breast, bowel, and male lung cancer are at their lowest since 1971.
I shared my mother's looks and trade - but I refuse to share her fate, says 007's Samantha Bond - Daily Mail 20th June 2009
If her screen persona is anything to go by, Samantha Bond seems to be one of those eminently practical women who always manage to keep their emotions entirely in check.
Witness her forbidding portrayal of Miss Moneypenny, a PA for the new millennium in four Bond films, and it is clear that 007 can no longer rely on a doting secretary on the MI5 payroll.
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