Pancreatic cancer is a truly tough challenge for researchers but a ‘back to basics’ approach to pancreatic cancer research can save more lives . The disease has the lowest survival rate of the 20 most common cancers, and less than seven per cent of patients in the UK will live beyond five years. Survival rates […]
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People who inherit genetic changes which alter the function of their immune system are at increased risk of developing Hodgkin lymphoma, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, identified six new genetic changes that increase the risk of developing Hodgkin lymphoma – one of the […]
Most people would agree that research is necessary to improve clinical care: research tells us which treatments and services work, and which don’t, so that we can provide patients with the most appropriate, and most effective care. But an important question is: how much of the research that is done in biomedicine actually leads to […]
On Thursday 23 November five young doctors will compete for the coveted title of Wesleyan RSM Trainee of the Year. Marking the culmination of the Royal Society of Medicine’s 2016/17 prize programme for trainee doctors, the awards evening will celebrate the very best of the RSM and its trainees. The RSM will be awarding prizes […]
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By stimulating a patient’s immune system, a drug already in use to treat a blood disorder can thwart the growth of a variety of solid tumours, find a team at Keio University in Japan. The drug 5-aza-CdR is currently approved for treating a blood disorder that can lead to leukemia. It inhibits the methylation of […]
The third Thursday of November is World Pancreatic Cancer Day – so in 2020 that’s 19th November. On this day people across the globe come together to raise awareness about the symptoms and risks of the disease, and the urgent need for earlier detection. […]
The sheer number of men being diagnosed with prostate cancer – 47,000 men were diagnosed with the disease in 2015 in the UK – means that the system is now very stretched. Typically, men undergoing surgery like radical prostatectomy only stay a few nights in hospital and are then discharged to recover at home. This […]
Over a third of adults in the UK would not be worried if they had a few of the potential symptoms of pancreatic cancer, according to survey results released by Pancreatic Cancer UK today, the first day of its Purple Alert campaign to mark pancreatic cancer awareness month. The charity is concerned this could mean that […]
Thermotherapy (using heat) has long been used as a treatment method for cancer, but it is difficult to treat patients without damaging healthy cells. However, tumour cells can be weakened or killed without affecting normal tissue if temperatures can be controlled accurately within a range of 42°C to 45°C. Scientists from the University of Surrey […]
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‘A significant number of cancer treatments may have no benefit over existing treatments or a placebo,’ remarked a senior cancer researcher recently, ‘giving some patients false hope.’ Giving ‘false hope’ is one of the common charges laid against non-drug ways of supporting cancer patients, even though it is an oxymoron. However the opening sentence (which […]