UK participants needed to help discover genes behind stammering. More than 1500 adults and children from the United Kingdom are being recruited for an international study aiming to discover the genes that cause stammering. The largest study of its kind hopes to provide greater insight into why some people are more likely to develop a […]
Single-dose radiotherapy for breast cancer confirmed to be suitable for most patients: New insights from the TARGIT-A trial Full paper can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01… and an invited blog post about it is here https://go.nature.com/3ymrplc Previously published Improving breast cancer treatment: Long-term results of the TARGIT-A randomised trial (www.targit.org.uk) of risk-adapted single-dose TARGIT-IORT given during […]
Single-dose radiotherapy for breast cancer confirmed to be suitable for most patients: Results from further analysis of the large international TARGIT-A trial led from University College London brings more good news for patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Four important questions have been answered by this new analysis. The new paper can be accessed at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-021-01440-8 Previously: […]
COVID-19: cancer diagnosis and care: Covid-19 may have changed the way people have been diagnosed with cancer and how they receive care – new study to investigate by Natasha Meredith of the University of Surrey An important new study from the University of Surrey and UCL is set to investigate how rapid changes in cancer […]
UCL announces 2nd phase of CAP-COVID study: How has the pandemic impacted pregnant women in their 1st Trimester? The CAP-COVID study, designed by healthcare professionals at University College London (UCL), launched on 25 May 2020. Since then over 5,000 women across the U.K. have taken part in the online survey, sharing their experiences during the […]