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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...

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Fish 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...

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Oxaliplatin 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...

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Cancer 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...

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Gene 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...

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Juvenile 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...

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Selenium 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...

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UK 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...

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Electromagnetism 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...

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Beta 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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