Fact checks about cancer risks, treatments and cures
Health
A clip shared on social media makes the potentially harmful claim that hydrogen peroxide rubbed on the skin kills cancer. Read
Health
Cancer Research UK says there’s no convincing evidence behind this. Read
Communications consultant James Melville compares Covid-19 and cancer deaths but his figures aren’t correct. Read
Health
It has been shown to have some effect in lab studies, and in mice, but evidence in humans is lacking. Read
Health
There is no evidence that having 10 or more sexual partners directly increases the risk of cancer for either gender. Read
Europe
We don't fully know how leaving Euratom - the European common market in nuclear materials - will affect our access to them. Read
