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Cancer Research's Latest Breakthrough Is Seriously Good News For Survival Rates
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
Thanks to research funded by Cancer Research, there has been a cervical cancer treatment breakthrough that means deaths could be cut by 35%.
Hundreds of children could benefit from new approach to brain cancer treatment
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
As well as an improved side-effect profile to chemotherapy, the new treatment also improved overall response rate by more than 400% and increased median progression-free survival from 7.4 months with chemotherapy to 20.1 months with the new treatment.
Scientists Discover Promising New Approach for Treating Pancreatic Cancer
Posted in Medicine on 13th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
Like all cancers, early diagnosis is key to improving survival rates. For pancreatic cancer, around half of all patients are diagnosed when the disease has already spread, which is one of the reasons for poor survival rates.
Soaring skin cancer cases hit a record high
Posted in Medicine, Science on 13th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
Analysis shows there are 17,500 cases being diagnosed per year and projections reveal that these high numbers could continue to increase by around 50% over the next 20 years.
Thousands of women offered anastrozole to help prevent breast cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 12th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller
Repurposing therapeutic drugs that have already been shown to be safe for prevention is an area with a lot of potential.