Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its “gamechanging” potential to permanently…
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Cancer signs could be spotted years before symptoms, says new research institute
Scientists at a recently opened cancer institute at Cambridge University have begun work that is pinpointing changes in cells many years before they develop into…
View More Cancer signs could be spotted years before symptoms, says new research instituteThe virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS – podcast
On 28 March it’s the 60th anniversary of the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus, the most common viral infection in humans. The virus was first discovered…
View More The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS – podcastMedics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients
Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict which breast cancer patients are more at risk of side-effects after treatment. Worldwide, 2 million…
View More Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patientsDrug offers ‘wonderful’ breakthrough in treatment of asbestos-linked cancer
Scientists have developed a drug to treat mesothelioma, a notoriously hard-to-treat cancer linked to asbestos, in the biggest breakthrough in two decades. Thousands of people…
View More Drug offers ‘wonderful’ breakthrough in treatment of asbestos-linked cancer‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women
Women exposed to several widely used chemicals appear to face increased odds for ovarian and other types of cancers, including a doubling of odds for…
View More ‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winners
Two physicists who played a key role in advancing a theory that describes the basis of all matter and a pair of immunologists who developed…
View More ‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winnersGPs ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, says UK oncology expert
GPs are ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, with too many referred for psychological therapy instead of screening, a leading oncology expert has warned.…
View More GPs ignoring cancer warning signs in young people, says UK oncology expertCancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds
The number of under-50s worldwide being diagnosed with cancer has risen by nearly 80% in three decades, according to the largest study of its kind.…
View More Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study findsUK ‘golden era’ of cancer treatment has saved 1 million lives, study shows
More than a million lives have been saved thanks to a “golden era” of progress in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment in the UK, with…
View More UK ‘golden era’ of cancer treatment has saved 1 million lives, study shows