Episode 33: Breaking cancer news- October 2025

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In the third of our special episodes looking at how cancer is making the news, Steve Bland and North East London Cancer Alliance Managing Director Femi Odewale sift through the stories that made the news in October 2025.
Steve and Femi talk Strictly, hip-shaking, Movember moustaches, breast screening and why there are calls for menopause support to be included in cancer treatment plans

Plus Femi explains why he's excited about an article in the British Journal of Urology International on prostate cancer which was co-authored by a leading North East London surgeon. Read that right here Interventions for patients with prostate cancer on active surveillance: a narrative review.

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