The metabolic tug-of-war between exercise and tumours
New Scientist - 01-Dec-2025Exercise cuts tumour growth by 60% by diverting glucose to muscle
Cancer
This section will maintain key information and medical advancements relating to cancer – how to prevent it and what treatments are available.
Not every new story - just major breakthroughs and studies on ways to prevent. Particularly will be focusing on research results in humans - lots of promising treatments unfortunately never make it from the lab, through human trials, and onto the market.
Did you know? A handful of your cells turn cancerous EVERY DAY - but your immune system tracks them down and kills them before they turn into large-scale cancer.
Cancer News
UK starts landmark trial to improve prostate cancer screening
BBC - 21-Nov-2025MRI plus PSA and saliva tests may boost accuracy of early prostate cancer detection
Early immunotherapy shows strong responses in advanced basal cell carcinoma
Johns Hopkins Medicine - 18-Nov-2025First-line nivolumab doubles typical response rates in inoperable basal cell carcinoma
Ion-pair coating hides nanoparticles from immune system
Phys.org - 10-Nov-2025PEG-free stealth shield lets enzyme nanocarriers circulate 100+ hours and starve tumours in mice
Cancer Resources
Click on resource name for more details.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Book about the history of cancer, written by Siddhartha Mukherjee, an Indian-born American physician and oncologist
The radiotherapeutics boom
Podcast from Beyond Biotech- Ken Herrmann and Molecular Partners on the Future of Targeted Cancer Therapy
New German biotech spins out to develop radiotherapeutics
Podcast from Beyond Biotech- German biotech launches to develop radiotherapy-based treatments
Cancer-fighting implant shows promise in treating melanoma, pancreatic and coloretal tumors
You: The Owner's Manual Podcast - EP 1,242B - Omid Veiseh on how cytokine implants could revolutionize cancer treatment
Xenetic Biosciences (XBIO)
Biopharmaceutical company focused on progressing XCART which targets patient-specific tumor neoantigens
TC BioPharm
Company developing safer, cheaper, consistent and durable CAR-T drugs for hematological and solid tumors
27-Jan-2023
New cancer therapies in 2022 achieving unprecedented remissions - reviewing a year of hope
Including gene editing, immunotherapy, modified viruses, vaccines, personalised medicine, and nanotechnology
19-Feb-2020
SkinVision App Review – Instant Spot/Mole Assessment
Provides an early warning or peace of mind – good value for money either way
Topics covered in this page:
Bladder Cancer, Blood Cancer, Bowel Cancer, Brain Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Cancer Research, Cancer Treatment, CAR-T Therapy, Chemotherapy, Head and Neck Cancer, Kidney Cancer, Leukemia, Liver Cancer, Lung Cancer, Mastectomy, Melanoma Skin Cancer, Myeloma, Non Melanoma Skin Cancer, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
