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Body size in children and young people hikes bowel cancer risk
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Body size in children and young people hikes bowel cancer risk

Greater birthweight or body size during childhood, adolescence or young adulthood linked with higher risk of bowel cancer in later life

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Newcastle MP discovers the cancer prevention research taking place in her constituency
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Newcastle MP discovers the cancer prevention research taking place in her constituency

World Cancer Research Fund grant holder, Assoc. Professor Jill McKay, shares her groundbreaking cancer prevention research with local MP, Chi Onwurah

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Tackling alcohol harm needs to be top of Keir Starmer’s to-do list
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Tackling alcohol harm needs to be top of Keir Starmer’s to-do list

What links arsenic, asbestos, tobacco – and alcohol? They’re all classified as Group 1 carcinogens, meaning they cause cancer. Senior Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Melissa Dando, sets out why the UK government urgently needs to implement a National Alcohol Strategy for England, and what it must contain

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