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Lightly-browned bacon has less carcinogens than well-cooked bacon. D. Pimborough/ Shutterstock

January 18, 2021

Bacon: how you cook it could partially lower cancer risk

Richard Hoffman, University of Hertfordshire

People with Barrett’s oesphagus may still want to be especially careful about eating bacon.

Most people with oesophageal cancer are over the age of 60, and it is often only diagnosed in its late stages. Tyler Olson/Shutterstock

March 27, 2019

Oesophageal cancer could be diagnosed in the future with a £30 blood test – new research

Gareth Jenkins, Swansea University

Researchers have developed a simple way to detect early stage oesophageal cancer using anitbodies in blood.

Liquid biopsy is less invasive than standard biopsy, where a needle is put into a solid tumour to confirm a cancer diagnosis. Shutterstock

January 18, 2018

A new blood test can detect eight different cancers in their early stages

Peter Gibbs, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)

There are currently few effective and non-invasive methods to screen for early stages of cancer. But scientists have now developed a new blood test that promises to detect eight different cancers.

June 1, 2017

Oesophageal cancer rates are rocketing ‑ here’s what you need to know about the disease

Amanda Lee, University of Hull

An early diagnosis can be the difference between living and dying.

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