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New research indicates smoking may limit body’s ability to fight melanoma
Melanoma patients with a history of smoking cigarettes are 40 per cent less likely to survive their skin cancer than people who have never smoked, according to new research.
Leeds scientists get £2m grant from cancer research UK for clinical trials unit
Leeds doctors and academics have received a major cash boost from Cancer Research UK for pioneering research into cancer.
Leeds academics find inadequate support for sexual dysfunction in prostate cancer patients
More than 4 in 5 men (81%) with prostate cancer struggle with poor sexual function following treatment for the disease, but over half (56%) fail to receive support, according to new research.
Leeds University research suggests new IVF technique is no more effective than previously available treatments
Treating male infertility using a new IVF technique does not increase the likelihood of having a baby, according to the results of a randomised controlled trial.
Admission time for heart attacks does not appear to increase risk of dying in hospital.
Admission to hospital with a heart attack out of normal working hours does not appear to increase a patient’s chance of dying in hospital, according to a study of over 600,000 patient cases.