Episode 73: Breaking cancer news - October 2026

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It's another busy month for cancer news and Steve Bland and Femi Odewale are back to break it down for you. In this episode we cover Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the Pope's lung cancer surgery plus the new 'Lung cancer is the same in every language' campaign. And we've got the worrying news that experts looking at UK, US and Dutch data found ‘significant increases’ in early onset cases of seven cancers, prompting warnings about lifestyle choices.

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