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Tens of thousands of NHS patients a year could benefit from new AI test
Posted in Medicine on 21st Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
Researchers and doctors in London have joined a tech start-up to train a device to spot the form of the disease known as HER2-low.
Sugar and cancer, what you need to know
Posted in Medicine on 21st Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
Does it cause cancer? Does sugar feed cancer cells, making them grow more aggressively? And how does the sugar we consume through food and drink affect our health, and what can be done about this?
New lung cancer treatment combo approved on NHS in England
Posted in Medicine on 20th Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
A new treatment for some people with a type of non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) will now be routinely available on the NHS in England, following its approval by the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE).
COVID-19 vaccine and cancer; latest updates
Posted in Medicine on 20th Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
New results from the CAPTURE study, looking at how cancer patients respond to COVID-19 vaccines, were published last week.
Immunotherapy approved for some people with advanced melanoma in England
Posted in Medicine on 20th Jan, 2022
by Alex Muller
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended the use of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for some adults in England with a type of advanced melanoma skin cancer.