Survival doubles for patients with incurable blood cancer, study finds
Independent - 04-Sep-2025Median survival rose from 2.4 to 4.5 years; five-year survival in over-80s up five-fold
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
Off-the-shelf immunotherapy targets kidney cancer
UCLA Health - 29-Aug-2025Engineered NKT cells attack tumours and reshape defences, offering new hope for kidney cancer
AI supercomputer joins cancer vaccine fight
BBC - 27-Aug-2025High-speed data analysis could unlock hidden patterns to design new cancer vaccines
New imaging device enhances prostate cancer surgery at royal surrey
BBC - 15-Aug-2025Real-time tissue scanning may cut radiotherapy need and preserve quality of life
Cancer Resources
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New German biotech spins out to develop radiotherapeutics
Podcast from Labiotech- 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
