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New research advances understanding of cancer risk in gene therapies

Posted in Medicine on 20th Nov, 2023
by Alex Muller

The gene therapy treatment itself is not the likely cause of new DNA mutations in blood stem cells.

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.