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First UK proton beam therapy trial for breast cancer launches
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
It will help to determine whether proton beam therapy can help to deliver adequate doses of radiotherapy to breast tissue, while minimising off-target radiation delivered to the heart.
New partnership to boost research into vaccines for cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
New cancer trials to begin using personalised treatment to save lives.
Peterborough City Hospital bags share of £123 million NHS investment to use AI for breast cancer research
Posted in Medicine, Software on 15th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust is among five NHS Trusts set to use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up breast cancer diagnosis.
Exposing Tumors to Bacteria Transforms Immune Cells To Fight Cancer
Posted in Medicine on 15th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
The team of scientists discovered that injecting inactivated samples of the Staphylococcus aureus microbe into the tumour microenvironment – the area surrounding the tumour – flips the protective function of neutrophils.
Scientists discover a new way to help prevent breast cancer ‘time bomb’
Posted in Medicine on 15th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
“This is an exciting stride forward in our understanding of advanced breast cancer – and how and why breast cancer cells form secondary tumours in the lungs."