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Prostate cancer care: Awareness and early detection needed as cases to ‘inevitably’ double by 2040, study finds | World News
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Prostate cancer cases are set to double by 2040, according to researchers who have called on authorities to “take action now” as the rise is “inevitable”. The study by the Lancet Commission on prostate cancer suggests that deaths are expected to double from 1.4 million in 2020 to 2.9 million in 2040 as life expectancy…
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Protein discovery could help with lung cancer treatment and early detection | Science & Tech News
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Levels of a protein present in tumours could predict someone’s chances of surviving lung cancer and provide a new treatment, according to a study. Patients with high levels of TLR2 in early-stage lung cancer were found to have increased survival rates compared with those with lower levels. A drug compound that activates TLR2 was also…
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Prostate cancer messaging may hamper early detection, scientists warn | Science & Tech News
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Public health messaging around prostate cancer places a misleading focus on urinary symptoms and may be hampering efforts of early detection, scientists have warned. Cambridge University researchers said there was “no evidence of a causal link between prostate cancer and either prostate size or troublesome male urinary symptoms”. However, public health guidance regularly promotes this…