• Our Stratified Medicine Programme – two years on

    Updated: 2012-05-31 15:11:12
    In the not-too-distant future, most people treated for cancer (and many other diseases) will have some sort of genetic test performed on their cancer, to help their doctor decide which treatments are likely to work best. In fact, this ‘genetic … Continue reading →

  • Pre-op Treatments Boost Survival for Esophageal Cancer Patients Study

    Updated: 2012-05-31 11:56:10
    : Health News Pre-op Treatments Boost Survival for Esophageal Cancer Patients : Study Print E-mail WEDNESDAY , May 30 HealthDay News Patients with esophageal cancer who receive chemotherapy and radiation before surgery have better outcomes , Dutch researchers . report We think that patients with esophageal cancer have the best chance to survive this cancer when they are treated with preoperative chemo-radiotherapy followed by surgery , said lead researcher Dr . Ate van der Gaast , from the medical oncology department at Erasmus University Hospital in Rotterdam . By giving preoperative chemo-radiotherapy , more patients are cured than with surgery alone . In the United States , more than 17,000 people will be diagnosed with esophageal cancer and more than 15,000 will die from it this year ,

  • The World Health Organisation recognises Jean King, a pioneer of tobacco control

    Updated: 2012-05-31 09:00:47
    It’s World No Tobacco Day, focusing this year on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry’s “brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine global tobacco control efforts”. To acknowledge this, the World Health Organisation is celebrating some of … Continue reading →

  • ImmuKnow Immune Cell Function Assay

    Updated: 2012-05-30 23:40:53

  • Could a blood test reveal cancer’s genetic secrets?

    Updated: 2012-05-30 19:01:57
    Over recent months we’ve written about exciting new research looking at how the genetic makeup of an individual patient’s cancer shifts and evolves as the disease develops and spreads. At the moment the only way to monitor this is to … Continue reading →

  • A tribute to Cassandra Jardine

    Updated: 2012-05-30 15:14:11
    We were all very sad to learn that Daily Telegraph journalist Cassandra Jardine died this week after losing her valiant battle with lung cancer at the age of 57. Cassandra helped to select Cancer Research UK as one of the … Continue reading →

  • Emotional Woes May Last for Childhood Cancer Survivors

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:37:38
    Health News Emotional Woes May Last for Childhood Cancer Survivors Print E-mail TUESDAY , May 29 HealthDay News Adult survivors of childhood cancer can suffer emotional problems and reduced quality of life because of the long-term physical effects of their cancer treatment , a new study . finds Researchers used data from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study to assess the effects of scarring , disfigurement and persistent hair loss experienced by more than 14,000 adult survivors of childhood cancer . The survivors were compared to siblings who did not have childhood . cancer Survivors with persistent hair loss had an increased risk of anxiety female survivors with persistent hair loss had an increased risk of depressive symptoms and survivors with a head or neck , arm or leg disfigurement

  • Education May Protect Brain From Exposure to Solvents

    Updated: 2012-05-29 21:37:38
    Health News Education May Protect Brain From Exposure to Solvents Print E-mail TUESDAY , May 29 HealthDay News People with less than a high school education who work with solvents may have problems with their thinking skills later in life , according to a study of people in . France In the study , researchers from Harvard University noted that people with more education did not experience the same types of issues with their thinking , or so-called cognitive , skills , even if they had the same amount of exposure to these . chemicals People with more education may have a greater cognitive reserve that acts like a buffer , allowing the brain to maintain its ability to function in spite of damage , study author Lisa Berkman , of Harvard University in Cambridge , Mass . said in news release

  • Night shifts linked to breast cancer in women? Probably – but not definitely

    Updated: 2012-05-29 19:32:17
    A Danish study into whether working night shifts could affect a woman’s risk of breast cancer is hitting the headlines today. But (as is often the case), when you look beyond the headlines, the picture can become a little less … Continue reading →

  • Thalidomide or lenalidomide and rituximab for mantle cell lymphoma

    Updated: 2012-05-29 17:02:04

  • Night Shift Might Boost Women's Breast Cancer Risk Study

    Updated: 2012-05-29 13:36:12
    : Health News Night Shift Might Boost Women's Breast Cancer Risk : Study Print E-mail MONDAY , May 28 HealthDay News Women who work the night shift more than twice a week might be increasing their risk for breast cancer , Danish researchers . find Moreover , the risk appears to be cumulative and highest among women who describe themselves as morning people rather than evening people , the researchers . say About 10 to 20 percent of women in modern societies have night shift work , said lead researcher Johnni Hansen . It might therefore be one of the largest occupational problems related to cancer . Right now , the reasons for these findings are . uncertain Night shift work involves exposure to light at night , which decreases the production of the night hormone melatonin that seems to

  • News digest – clinical trials, bowel cancer screening, coffee and cancer, and more

    Updated: 2012-05-26 09:00:15
    Sunday was International Clinical Trials Day. To mark the occasion, Gareth Griffiths, Scientific Director of our Wales Cancer Trials Unit, wrote us an article about the world-class clinical trials being carried out there. Nearly one in five cancer patients in … Continue reading →

  • ALCAT Testing

    Updated: 2012-05-25 21:59:18

  • Stem cell transplantation for cytaneous stem cell lymphomas.

    Updated: 2012-05-25 18:07:07

  • Routine M RCP or ERCP surveillance for cholagniocarcinoma or liver cancer in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.

    Updated: 2012-05-25 04:50:55

  • Tobacco firms have failed to act on radioactivity in cigarettes. Here’s why.

    Updated: 2012-05-24 16:34:20
    It’s a plot worthy of Hollywood – a fatal radioactive poison, secret documents, suppressed information, and drugs. But this isn’t fiction. This is the story of the tobacco industry’s knowledge, policy and inaction around radioactive material in cigarette smoke. And … Continue reading →

  • Chromophobe renal cell cancer

    Updated: 2012-05-23 20:07:49

  • Humira for ulcerative colitis

    Updated: 2012-05-23 18:06:58

  • Translating breast cancer’s life history

    Updated: 2012-05-22 15:58:24
    Nestling in the Cambridgeshire countryside, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is a hot-bed of cutting-edge genetic research. The Institute played a key role in deciphering the human genome at the turn of the millennium, and is continuing to make huge strides in … Continue reading →

  • Coffee and cancer – a clearer picture

    Updated: 2012-05-21 16:55:43
    Coffee is a big part of many people’s lives, but it’s not thought to have many health benefits – it keeps you awake, and often has lots of sugar, milk or cream added, which can pile on the calories. But … Continue reading →

  • International Clinical Trials Day: The Wales Cancer Trials Unit goes global

    Updated: 2012-05-21 12:47:11
    May 20th was International Clinical Trials Day, first established in 2005 to raise awareness of the importance of clinical trials. To recognise this, Gareth Griffiths, Scientific Director of the Cancer Research UK Wales Cancer Trials Unit – one of our … Continue reading →

  • Provigil: Cancer Fatigue

    Updated: 2012-05-20 18:34:01

  • G-CSF for Autoimmune Neutropenia(AIN)

    Updated: 2012-05-18 22:22:10

  • Taxotere alone for esophageal cancer

    Updated: 2012-05-18 04:30:50

  • Sacroiliac Injection

    Updated: 2012-05-17 17:10:24

  • Combined resection for Anal Cancer.

    Updated: 2012-05-15 20:48:01

  • Proton Beam Radiotherapy for Lung Cancer.

    Updated: 2012-05-15 17:32:59

  • Transverse myelitis

    Updated: 2012-05-13 18:02:54

  • Preoperative MRI for breast-cancer.

    Updated: 2012-05-13 11:10:23

  • Second allogeneic transplant in ALL

    Updated: 2012-05-10 23:09:07

  • Tamoxifen, endometrium and hysterectomy.

    Updated: 2012-05-09 15:54:55

  • MRI in the diagnosis and followup of Multiple Scelrosis

    Updated: 2012-05-08 18:10:59

  • Tarceva for maintenance in non-small cell lung cancer

    Updated: 2012-05-07 22:18:48

  • TACE for liver metastases form ovarian cancer

    Updated: 2012-05-06 21:56:46

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