oncology
An ultrasound device may unlock brain cancer treatment, early study shows
Posted in Medicine on 20th May, 2023
by Alex Muller
A study published recently in the Lancet offers some hope: an ultrasound device implanted in 17 patients’ skulls successfully increased the concentration of drugs in their brains.
Better together: improving brain tumour treatment
Posted in Medicine on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
“It’s a very, very specific environment,” stresses Chalmers. There’s the blood-brain barrier, for a start, and then there’s the difficulty of killing cancer cells without damaging the healthy ones around them – the ones we think, act, share and learn with; that make any of this possible.
Children’s cancer charities team up for tomorrow’s treatments
Posted in Medicine on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
In order to give young people, teenagers and children with cancer the best chance of survival without side effects, we have to approach their diseases differently.
Institute of Cancer Research embraces olaparib recommendation
Posted in Medicine on 11th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
"Olaparib is an important example of how understanding the underlying genetics of patients, and their tumours’ genomics, can be used to design highly targeted precision medicines.”
Combination Treatment Extends Progression-Free Survival in Brain Cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 10th Apr, 2023
by Alex Muller
Overall, average survival time was numerically, but not significantly, longer in the combined treatment group versus the bevacizumab-only group; 10.1 months versus 9.7 months, respectively.