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The most common cancer in men in the UK is prostate cancer, around a quarter of all male cancer diagnoses. Testicular cancer, the other male-specific cancer, is rare, but occurs early in life. Neither are preventable.
Eradicating an infectious disease for all time is one of the greatest gifts a generation can give to all subsequent ones. This lecture will examine the opportunities and difficulties of eradication.
The treatment of cancer has been transformed in the last two decades, and great improvements are expected over the next twenty years. Better genetic understanding and harnessing of the immune system are among the approaches which will make the difference.