Earlier detection, better surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and drugs means that more cancer patients live longer today than ever before. Yet it still kills more than 7 million people each year, accounting for around 12.5% of all deaths worldwide.

Erika Check is off to the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in LA this weekend, and she’ll be sending back diary reports with all the latest news in the field. Stay tuned for her blog, from 15-18 April.

And find a collection of all our news stories on cancer in our in focus.

Earlier detection, better surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and drugs means that more cancer patients live longer today than ever before. Yet it still kills more than 7 million people each year, accounting for around 12.5% of all deaths worldwide.

Erika Check is off to the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in LA this weekend, and she’ll be sending back diary reports with all the latest news in the field. Stay tuned for her blog, from 15-18 April.

And find a collection of all our news stories on cancer in our in focus.