Earlier this week, writer and radio producer Sarah Parkinson died of breast cancer. Last year, she wrote this article about how she and husband Paul Merton were coping
Scientists have identified a gene that seems to prevent ovarian
cancer. They found that the gene was "switched off" in almost 90% of
the ovarian tumours in their study.
Paul Foot: Figures last month from the health and safety executive reveal a shocking and rising tide of mesothelioma - a lung cancer caused exclusively by inhaling asbestos.