cancer Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Mon, 23 Mar 2026 11:29:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png cancer Archives - Positive News 32 32 Cancer deaths fall to historic low in UK – this is probably why https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/health/cancer-deaths-fall-to-historic-low-in-uk-this-is-probably-why/ Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:16:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=571813 The latest stats on cancer deaths in the UK offer encouraging news – and further progress against the disease is within reach

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]]> Revolutionary therapy treats ‘untreatable’ blood cancer https://www.positive.news/society/revolutionary-therapy-treats-untreatable-blood-cancer/ Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:34:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=565080 Gene therapy which turns white blood cells into a disease-busting “living drug” has reversed previously untreatable blood cancers

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]]> What went right this week: treating the ‘untreatable’, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-50-of-2025/ Fri, 12 Dec 2025 07:00:56 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=556686 Scientists treated the ‘untreatable’, economies decoupled from emissions, and a ‘lost’ bird is returning to London, plus more

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]]> Study asks: what can we learn from cancer ‘super-survivors’? https://www.positive.news/society/study-asks-what-can-we-learn-from-cancer-super-survivors/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:42:04 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=503373 NHS centres are involved in the search for patients who have lived much longer than expected, in hope of developing new therapies

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]]> ‘I see my disability as a positive’: the blind women who detect breast cancer https://www.positive.news/society/meet-the-blind-breast-cancer-detectors/ Mon, 07 Oct 2024 09:00:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=496309 A project training blind women to detect breast cancer is saving lives,​ and offering them meaningful work

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]]> Woman with terminal cancer auctions off some of her last minutes to strangers https://www.positive.news/society/women-with-terminal-cancer-auctions-off-some-of-her-last-minutes-to-strangers/ Fri, 23 Aug 2024 10:03:57 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=490567 Emily Lahey has taken part in a poignant installation to highlight the ongoing need for cancer research

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]]> What went right this week: getting ahead of cancer, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-20-of-2024/ Fri, 17 May 2024 05:00:56 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=480426 There was progress on cancer, bison helped fix the climate, and TikTok got teens reading, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: conservation shown to work, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-18-of-2024/ Fri, 03 May 2024 05:00:45 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=478910 Conservation was shown to work, a ‘gamechanger’ cancer jab moved closer, and a Dutch city wiped people’s debt, plus more

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]]> What went right this week: headway on cancer, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-11-of-2024/ Fri, 15 Mar 2024 05:00:20 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=473034 UK cancer death rates plummeted, eagles embraced city life, and the ‘happiest’ countries were revealed, plus more

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]]> The architect who has designed lingerie for the post-mastectomy body https://www.positive.news/society/lingerie-post-mastectomy-body-uno/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 11:50:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=472985 Katy Marks has created Uno, a one-cup bra for women who have undergone mastectomies

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