Anti-cancer virus
An engineered virus, injected into the blood, can selectively target cancer cells throughout the body in what researchers have labelled a medical first. The virus attacked only tumours, leaving the...
View ArticleFish oils have adverse effect on chemotherapy
Fats found in fish oil supplements can stop chemotherapy drugs working, according to researchers. Writing in the journal Cancer Cell, they advise cancer patients not to take the supplements. The two...
View ArticleOxaliplatin may cause nerve damage
Oxaliplatin, a platinum-based anticancer drug that’s made enormous headway in recent years against colorectal cancer, appears to cause nerve damage that may be permanent and worsens even months after...
View ArticleCancer linked to vitamin D deficiency
More than three-quarters of cancer patients have insufficient levels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) and the lowest levels are associated with more advanced cancer, according to a study presented...
View ArticleGene testing for cancer
About 9,000 cancer patients are being asked take part in new gene tests which could improve therapies. Samples from tumours will be tested for gene faults, and testing laboratories in London, Cardiff...
View ArticleJuvenile cancer awareness month
It’s probably the worst diagnosis a parent can hear – that their child has cancer. Fortunately, the disease strikes far fewer young people than it does adults. But it still affects up to 1,700 children...
View ArticleSelenium and nickel may cut risk of colon cancer
High levels of the trace elements selenium and nickel may help cut the risk of deadly pancreatic cancer, according to new research. The elements, which are found in certain foods, appear to offer a...
View ArticleUK Cancer drug fund is underspending
The flagship fund set up by the Government to provide life-extending drugs for cancer sufferers is millions of pounds underspent while patients are still being rejected for treatment. Almost...
View ArticleElectromagnetism to treat cancers
Scientists have used low-intensity electromagnetic fields to treat cancer patients in trials which they say could lead to the development of a new type of anti-tumour therapy. Patients hold a...
View ArticleBeta blockers may slow down melanomas
Beta-blocker treatments, used to treat high blood pressure, could potentially lengthen the lives of melanoma patients by reducing certain cancer growths. Researchers from Ohio State University’s...
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