World-renowned DNA expert heads University of Bradford cancer research institute – Institute develops medicines ‘from concept to clinic’ to tackle the ‘greatest challenges facing human health’ A world renowned expert on DNA has been appointed as the new Director of the University of Bradford’s Institute of Cancer Therapeutics (ICT) from August 3. Professor Sherif El-Khamisy’s research is […]
Aggressive cancers could be treated with immunotherapies that direct the immune system to kill cancer cells with specific drug resistance-causing mutations, a major new study suggests. Drug resistance mutations which restore activity of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes as a way of avoiding the effects of drug treatment could leave tumours vulnerable to the effects […]
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New findings about brain tumour development could lead to more effective treatment. For the first time in the world, an international study team with substantial participation from researchers from the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) of MedUni Vienna and Vienna University Hospital identifies the molecular differences between individual tumour cells in ependymomas, which are an aggressive […]
Scientists discover way to stop spread of devastating childhood cancer: Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester have made an important breakthrough that could lead to ‘kinder’ treatments for children with bone cancer, and save lives. Current treatment is gruelling, with outdated chemotherapy cocktails and limb amputation. But despite all of […]
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Action Radiotherapy calls for an urgent resolution to the cancer backlog caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. “A dramatic intervention from Government and the NHS is needed to prevent thousands of lives being unnecessarily lost to the cancer backlog resulting from the Covid response”, Chair of Action Radiotherapy Professor Pat Price says following BBC Breakfast TV […]
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CAR-T cell therapy is a new and revolutionary weapon against cancer: T cells are isolated from the patient’s blood for genetic modification and then infused back into the patient to attack cancer cells. Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna have now determined why CAR-T cells do not destroy tumor cells that express tumor antigens […]
Take some inspiration from Down Under and join the Dry July campaign this July to raise funds for people suffering from cancer. 2020 has been a year of challenges. So this year, Dry July have decided to make getting involved in Dry July a little bit easier. For this July only, its Dry(ish) July, which […]
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Men in England & Wales miss out on abiraterone as first-line treatment for advanced prostate cancer: The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has expressed disappointment at the decision by NICE not to recommend abiraterone as a first-line treatment on the NHS for newly diagnosed, advanced prostate cancer. The decision puts the NHS in England and Wales out […]
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Cancers are often heavily reliant on breaking down fats for their growth and spread, and could be treated by a highly innovative combination of new drugs and dietary changes, a major new study concludes. Analysing cancer’s metabolism with a surgical ‘iKnife’ detects tumours with heavy reliance on fats Landmark study finds metabolic weakness could be […]
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The need for urgent cancer diagnosis and screening is becoming more acute by each passing day according to one of the UK’s top cancer experts. Professor Karol Sikora, chief medical officer at Rutherford Health and former head of the WHO’s cancer programme, is calling for a major effort to ramp up diagnosis after 25 charities […]
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