Are you suffering from constipation? Ahead of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, Dr Tim Woodman, Medical Director, Policy and Cancer Services, Bupa UK Insurance, explores the UK’s top Googled searches around not being able to ‘go’, and shares advice for anyone seeking help. Constipation can have many possible causes, from being dehydrated to not moving around […]
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Paediatric brain tumours remain the most common cause of death from childhood cancer. Paediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) in particular are a mostly fatal disease group with a median survival time of less than 18 months after diagnosis and limited treatment options. A research team from MedUni Vienna/University Hospital Vienna, the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the […]
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Researchers found that adding a deadline to bowel screening invitation letters boosted test returns, with the largest effect for a 2-week return deadline. The study, which was led by Professor Katie Robb from the University of Glasgow’s School of Health and Wellbeing, involved 40,000 adults in the nationwide Scottish Bowel Screening Programme. Screening by self-sampled […]
On Friday, 14th March Members of Parliament will meet to debate the Rare Cancers Bill, a Private Members’ Bill presented by Dr Scott Arthur MP (Labour, Edinburgh South West). The law change would implement key measures to address the left behind group of cancers called “rare cancers”. While each cancer may be rare, in aggregate […]
World first and only ultra-low magnetic scanner can identify previously undetectable breast cancer tumour invasion. An Aberdeen University developed scanner does not require use of intravenous contrast agents unlike MRI systems and could improve breast cancer diagnosis and treatment plan, increase surgical accuracy and reduce operations. A groundbreaking new scanner developed by scientists at the […]
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Cancer immunotherapy treatment dramatically reduces sunspots – University of Queensland researchers have discovered immunotherapy, when used to treat people with advanced cancers, also helps reduce sunspots and skin cancers by at least 65 per cent. Over 12 months, researchers monitored 23 patients receiving immunotherapy for unrelated cancers and found the treatment also targeted cancerous and […]
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New treatment hope for childhood cancers – University of Queensland research using “natural killer” cells may lead to the first new treatment for a devastating childhood cancer in 40 years. Associate Professor Fernando Guimaraes, a Principal Research Fellow from UQ’s Frazer Institute led a team to develop new therapeutic strategies for hard-to-treat paediatric sarcomas that […]
One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is addressing the ability of cancer cells to adapt and become resistant, reducing the effectiveness of therapies over time. While treatments like chemotherapy or targeted therapies may initially shrink tumours, they often lose their effectiveness after a period. This resistance often emerges in metastatic tumours, because cancer […]
Action Against Heartburn is drawing attention to alarming statistics that reveal the UK oesophageal cancer rate is higher than most of Europe. According to recent data from Digestive Cancers Europe, analysed by Action Against Heartburn for Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month, the UK’s incidence of this often fatal disease surpasses that of almost all European countries, […]
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Young people support the idea of a smoke-free generation, according to a new study They broadly welcome the idea of the Government’s smokefree generation policy and see it as a chance to free their generation from harmful addiction, according to a study led by the University of Nottingham. Smoking tobacco kills more people than any other […]
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