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Groundbreaking cancer trials centre launched in Dundee

THE LAUNCH of a new centre announced today to run clinical trials of the newest cancer treatments will put Dundee at the forefront of...

Sick thieves target hospice collection for second time

A CANCER-hit nursery owner has told how her charity collection was targeted by twisted thieves twice in one month. Carol Taggart was sickened three weeks...

Nurse told she has wrong kind of cancer

HEALTH CHIEFS are denying a dedicated nurse life-prolonging treatment – because they say she has the wrong type of cancer. Anna Flaws was given the...

Scots pioneers to help discover new cancer treatments

SCOTS are among the first taking part in a pioneering initiative to demonstrate how genetic tests could be used to help match cancer patients...

Skin cancer genes identified for first time

SCIENTSTS have discovered the genes which contribute to the most frequently occurring life threatening form of skin cancer. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is the...

Bowel cancer screening cuts deaths by a quarter

BOWEL screening reduces the number of deaths from bowel cancer in Scotland by more than 25 per cent, according to new research. Researchers in Scotland...

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