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Longer, better lives: Ep.4 Can government policies prevent cancer?
That Cancer Conversation - June 10, 2024 11:26 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the UK 4 in 10 cancer cases are preventable. But what can the government do to stop those 4 out of every 10 cancers before they even start? Welcome to the fourth episode of our mini-series, That Cancer Conversation Longer, better lives. In this episode, Sophie sits with Alizee Froguel wh...
One to one with Rhian: Volunteering Special Part 2
That Cancer Conversation - June 03, 2024 08:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome back to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! We’re kicking off Volunteers’ Week 2024 with the second of our special episodes celebrating our inspiring volunteers. Last time, we chatted to Penny, one of our campaigns ambassadors. This week, we’re moving into the world of event...
One to one with Penny: Volunteering Special Part 1
That Cancer Conversation - May 24, 2024 13:08 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome back to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! Here at Cancer Research UK, we’re grateful to benefit from the support of more than 25,000 incredible volunteers, who donate their time to help us beat cancer. So, in the lead up to Volunteers’ Week on the 3rd of June, we want to ...
Longer, better lives: Ep.3 Why is there a £1 billion research funding gap?
That Cancer Conversation - May 21, 2024 08:46 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYou can’t beat cancer without scientists. Without research the progress we've made in beating cancer wouldn’t be where it is today. But that progress is at risk of stalling. To keep up and to plug the funding gap, we would need to find an additional £1 billion pounds over the next decade. ...
One to one with Dr Anisha Patel
That Cancer Conversation - April 30, 2024 13:03 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! While bowel cancer is relatively rare for people in their 30s and 40s to get bowel cancer, cases are rising. At 39 years old Dr Anisha Patel (@doctorsgetcancertoo), a practicing GP, was diagnosed with stage 3 bowel cancer. Now, 6 years ...
One to one with Shaumya
That Cancer Conversation - April 26, 2024 16:46 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, where charities and the young people we support come together to raise awareness of the unique challenges of having cancer during some of the most intense years of your life. I...
Shaumya's story
That Cancer Conversation - April 26, 2024 16:46 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! April is Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month, where charities and the young people we support come together to raise awareness of the unique challenges of having cancer during some of the most intense years of your life. I...
Longer, better lives: Ep.2 Why did a doctor have to wait for cancer treatment?
That Cancer Conversation - April 02, 2024 13:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe’re back with another episode of our subseries, Longer, better lives! This series unpacks our recently published manifesto, Longer, Better Lives: A Manifesto for Cancer Research and Care. You might recognise our next guest, as she was part of our ‘Together We Are Beating Cancer’ campaign ...
What's causing the cancer care gap?
That Cancer Conversation - February 26, 2024 11:06 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe’ve made huge progress on cancer in the last 50 years. But not all of it has been felt equally. People’s experience of the healthcare system, and ultimately how likely they are to be successfully diagnosed and treated, varies massively. These are known as health inequalities and can be cause...
Longer, better lives: Ep.1 What is Cancer Research UK's manifesto?
That Cancer Conversation - January 29, 2024 10:46 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWelcome to another episode of That Cancer Conversation! We’re launching a new subseries which unpacks our recently published manifesto, Longer, Better Lives: A Manifesto for Cancer Research and Care. At Cancer Research UK, we know that huge strides have been made in beating cancer – with surviv...
The world of clinical trials
That Cancer Conversation - November 27, 2023 15:05 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingClinical trials are a vital step in the development of new medicines of any kind, and that includes new cancer treatments. They aim to find out whether new treatments are safe and effective and work better than current treatments. In this episode of That Cancer Conversation, we're going to tak...
How does cancer affect a family?
That Cancer Conversation - September 22, 2023 09:31 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOur latest podcast is about how families cope with cancer, and the scientific progress helping them through. Austin was diagnosed with a type of blood cancer called acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when he was 2 years old. In 2016, scientists took some cells from Austin’s immune system. Dr Sara G...
One to One - with Dr Laura Danielson
That Cancer Conversation - September 01, 2023 08:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our new podcast series, That Cancer Conversation: One to One, we’re talking to the people who make Cancer Research UK what it is. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and in this first episode we’re hearing from Dr Laura Danielson, our research lead for children’s and young people’...
One to one with Dr Laura Danielson
That Cancer Conversation - September 01, 2023 08:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn our new podcast series, That Cancer Conversation: One to One, we’re talking to the people who make Cancer Research UK what it is. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and in this first episode we’re hearing from Dr Laura Danielson, our research lead for children’s and young people’...
How can we improve LGBTQ+ cancer care?
That Cancer Conversation - June 27, 2023 10:09 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingBeating cancer means beating it for everyone. And crucial to doing that is tackling health inequalities, unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups within society. In this episode, we're diving into the inequalities faced by one group in parti...
Could food improve cancer treatment?
That Cancer Conversation - May 30, 2023 10:02 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhen thinking about cancer treatment, our first thoughts may be about surgery or chemotherapy. But what about what we eat? In this episode, we hear from Dr Clare Shaw, a lead cancer dietician and therapy researcher who has written multiple books with the Royal Marsden Hospital, including The...
Sex, intimacy and cancer
That Cancer Conversation - April 28, 2023 12:33 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingKicking off the second season of That Cancer Conversation, we talk about sex, intimacy and cancer. From chemotherapy to sex shops, we sit down with three amazing guests to discuss sexual wellbeing for those living with and beyond cancer. Cancer nurse and psychosexual therapist, Dr Isabel Whit...
That Cancer Conversation is back!
That Cancer Conversation - April 19, 2023 11:19 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThat Cancer Conversation is back for season 2! Join our digital news team, Amy, Jacob, Sophie, and Tim, as they bring together the stories and the science behind cancer every month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why haven't we cured cancer?
That Cancer Conversation - June 14, 2022 08:01 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCancer has inhabited earth for longer than humans have, but we don’t have a one-fits-all, silver-bullet cure. From Egyptian mummies and medieval wolves, to precision medicine and microscopic evolution, we take a look at the past to find out why curing cancer is more complex than we think, and ...
The vaccination of a generation
That Cancer Conversation - December 09, 2021 03:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLast year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced an ambitious plan: to create a ‘cervical cancer-free future’. The potential reward is huge. If we succeed, cervical cancer will become the first cancer to be ‘eliminated’ on this scale. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common ...
Black in Cancer
That Cancer Conversation - October 08, 2021 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThis episode, we're joined by Sigourney Bell, a researcher at the University of Cambridge, whose work looks to find new treatments for supratentorial ependymoma, a rare children's brain cancer. Outside of the lab, Sigourney is the co-founder of Black in Cancer, a global organisation that aims t...
Can we grow the treatments of tomorrow?
That Cancer Conversation - September 02, 2021 01:46 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFrom malaria to multiple sclerosis, plants have given us compounds which help treat countless conditions. But could a tree growing on your street hold the next life-changing drug? From Madagascar to a Kew Gardens in London, we explore how scientists across the globe use indigenous knowledge and...
Will cancer make me infertile?
That Cancer Conversation - May 12, 2021 00:10 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFor the first episode of That Cancer Conversation, we explore infertility and cancer. From teenage body worries to an intercontinental surrogacy story, we chat to Max, Kreena and Eleanor – 3 people whose cancer journeys affected their fertility in some way. Is freezing sperm and egg cells the ...
Welcome to That Cancer Conversation
That Cancer Conversation - April 30, 2021 12:04 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingJoin our new podcast, That Cancer Conversation, where we explore some of the most fascinating personal stories and cutting-edge innovations that you probably didn’t know about a disease that most people don't want to talk about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What Is Cancer And How Does It Start?
That Cancer Conversation - March 29, 2021 12:40 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhat Is Cancer And How Does It Start? by Cancer Research UK See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
90 NCRI Cancer Conference reports, communicating risks, and a lifetime of research
That Cancer Conversation - November 07, 2014 14:33 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe’re reporting back from the 10th NCRI cancer conference, with a look at communicating cancer risks and a lifetime in research for scientist Ron Laskey.
89 Early diagnosis, NHS under pressure, skirt sizes, and progress in bowel cancer
That Cancer Conversation - October 06, 2014 10:36 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe look at the challenges of late diagnosis in an NHS stretched to breaking point, chase the evidence on skirt size and cancer risk, and hear a personal story of progress.
88 Aspirin, obesity, NICE and focusing on pancreatic cancer
That Cancer Conversation - August 26, 2014 14:57 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe look at aspirin for cancer prevention, obesity and cancer risk, why NICE turned down new breast and prostate cancer drugs, and focus on how to make progress in pancreatic cancer.
87 The pill and cancer risk, sensitising tumours, and physicists fighting cancer
That Cancer Conversation - August 04, 2014 16:15 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow the pill affects cancer risk, making tumours more sensitive to treatment, and fighting cancer with physics.
86 Summer sun, anal cancer and teens on trials
That Cancer Conversation - July 08, 2014 12:28 ★★★★★ - 1 ratingHow to stay safe in the summer sun, the shocking anal cancer statistics nobody wants to talk about, and why we need more teens on trials.
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