oncology
Improving brain tumour treatment
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Feb, 2023
by Alex Muller
Temozolomide, a chemotherapy drug discovered and developed by CRUK scientists, changed brain tumour treatment forever.
New treatment strategy cuts risk of bowel cancer returning by 28%
Posted in Medicine, Science on 20th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
UK trial across three countries finds that giving patients chemotherapy before surgery was more effective.
Lung cancer: How juice from sarunashi fruit may inhibit tumor growth
Posted in Medicine on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Researchers from Okayama University in Japan say they have found evidence that ingesting juice from the sarunashi fruit grown in Japan can help prevent and reduce lung cancer
First UK proton beam therapy trial for breast cancer launches
Posted in Medicine on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Proton beam therapy has been used in other countries to treat breast cancer, but numbers of participants in these trials are small and there have been no reported trials that directly compare proton beam therapy with standard radiotherapy.
The virtual reality technology that could revolutionise cancer treatment
Posted in Games, Medicine, Software on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Virtual reality might soon help scientists and doctors better understand how to treat patients' cancerous tumours.