The smaller C: progress in beating cancer

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Overall, more people are dying from cancer. But a closer look at the numbers reveals just how much <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/07/17/the-world-is-winning-the-war-on-cancer?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content= ...

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Cancer is most deadly when it spreads. Today we look at the best diet to keep cancer in check. This episode features audio from What Causes Cancer to Metastasize?, How to Help Control Cancer Metastasis with Diet, and The Food That Can Downregulate a Metastatic Cancer Gene. Visit ...  Show more

Cancer is still one of the most common diseases worldwide, and one of the top causes of death – also because there is no known cure yet. As this makes prevention all the more crucial for patients, we spoke to renowned researcher for biomedicine and scientific author Bernd Bodenmi ...  Show more