cancer
Scientists uncover how incurable skin cancer resists treatment at the end of life
Posted in Medicine on 1st Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
“We found that melanoma can profoundly alter its genome to hide from the immune system and spread around the body. These profound changes are highly complex, but we’re hopeful that we can now find ways to target them in the clinic.”
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre expands blood cancer research with £280,000 grant
Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
The new funding from Blood Cancer UK will allow the UnCoVer study to be extended by finding out how the treatment of blood cancer has changed during the pandemic. It will also look at the pros and cons of different blood cancer treatments to see which of them work best in different situations.
Five-Year Pancreatic Cancer Survival Rate Increases to 12%
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures 2023, released today, reports that the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is now 12%, an increase of one percentage point from last year.
Cancer Research UK - '20 years on: how we’ve decreased cancer death rates'
Posted in Medicine on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
Drugs linked to research by the charity are used to treat more than 125,000 people in England every year – that’s 3 out of every 4 people who receive cancer drugs in the NHS.
Targeting variant of common protein may dramatically boost effectiveness of breast cancer treatment
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Mar, 2023
by Alex Muller
A rare variant of a protein present in nearly all human cells may hold the key to improving the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment, according to University of Manchester research funded by Breast Cancer Now.