Americans are rightly furious about the high and unsustainable price of cancer drugs, which now routinely cost more than $100,000 per year of therapy. Those prices are made worse by the…
Three studies conducted as part of Cancer Research UK £14m TRACERx projectResearchers found amount of tumour cells in blood predicted cancer's evolutionDiscovered lung tumours release multiple cells to confuse our…
Image Credit: Kim MysoungSung via flickr Iridium—the world’s second densest metal—can kill cancer cells by filling them with a deadly version of oxygen, while leaving healthy tissue unharmed. First discovered in…
Bill Turnbull hopes politicians will loosen the restrictions on medicinal drugsA new documentary follows his attempts to find treatment for prostate cancerHe announced his diagnosis in 2018 and has been…
Women who used intrauterine devices (IUDs) for birth control could lower their risk of ovarian cancer by between 15% and 32%The risk was mitigated whether women used hormonal or non-hormonal IUDs Researchers…
Former BBC broadcaster Bill Turnbull is to embark on a journey with medical cannabis after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer two years ago. In the new Channel 4 documentary Bill Turnbull:…
The early-stages of the test was used on mice, half of which had colon cancerCancer was successfully detected because the urine turns bright blueParticles are injected into the body which…
George Gannon, 30, from Basingstoke, had multiple brain tumours December 2018 started taking cannabis oil and in February quit chemotherapyBy August was told by medics he was almost completely cancer freeRevealed:…
Amanda Evans-Nash, 50 from Greater Manchester, insists her dog saved her lifeHer greyhound Jimmy helped detect a lime-sized cancerous tumour in her chest In 2017 Amanda was diagnosed with triple negative…
Approach binds chemo to fat, which tumours use as fuel to growThe fat gets taken up by malignant cells with the cancer-killing therapy in towOnce inside a tumour, the drug…
Scientists at the University of Rome made drinks out of ground up insectsThey tested them for health-giving antioxidants such as vitamins A, C and ESome types had five times as…
Figures were released by Cancer Research UK in the midst of a 'fat shaming' rowData shows obesity causes 1,900 more cases of bowel cancer than smokingSmoking remains the leading cause…
The technique worked on a range of human forms of the disease and mice with bowel and blood cancerThe team at the University of Pennsylvania report the finding in a…
Mice treated with the drugs kept their glossy fur and bright eyes Stark contrast to the frail, tired-looking mice who did not receive the medication Drugs extended the rodents' lifespan…
The plant contains a natural compound that also killed colon cancer cells It first showed potential around 20 years ago, but more promise has been shown More studies need to…
Sugar may help fuel cancer by speeding up the growth of tumours in the body Mice consuming high-fructose corn syrup saw intestinal tumours grow faster Amount is equivalent of people…
Restricted eating made obese, 'post-menopausal' mice 'dramatically' less at risk Even true among rodents injected with breast-cancer cells or genetically at risk Time of eating found to be more important…
New research suggests hay fever sufferers are less likely to get certain cancers They back up other, smaller studies carried out since the link was first made One theory is…
Surgeon controls robot with hands and feet; can zero in on tumour and cut it away precisely One robot arm holds 3D camera; two others wield tiny instruments that can…
There are expected to be five per cent more cancer deaths in 2019 than in 2014 Survival rates are improving but large, ageing populations lead to more deaths The UK…
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