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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

Revolutionary dry blood test offers faster, more accurate prostate cancer detection

Revolutionary dry blood test offers faster, more accurate prostate cancer detection

Independent - 02-Sep-2024

Aston university creates a non-invasive test that detects prostate cancer in minutes

Lab-grown blood stem cells: A game-changer for cancer treatment

Lab-grown blood stem cells: A game-changer for cancer treatment

New Scientist - 02-Sep-2024

New stem cell breakthrough offers personalized cancer treatment with less rejection risk

Breakthrough DNA repair protein could revolutionize cancer treatments

Breakthrough DNA repair protein could revolutionize cancer treatments

ScienceAlert - 26-Aug-2024

Newly discovered protein may lead to cancer vaccines and advanced DNA repair

Vaccine trial in the UK begins a new era in lung cancer treatment

Vaccine trial in the UK begins a new era in lung cancer treatment

BBC - 23-Aug-2024

New mRNA-based vaccine takes center stage in promising lung cancer care

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Cancer Resources

Click on resource name for more details.

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Institute for cancer research

Precision Medicines

Company that develops novel targeted medicines with companion biomarkers for cancer patients

The Warning Signs of Skin Cancer

Learn to spot the early warning signs

Cancer genomics

Part of the 100,000 Genomes Project run by Genomics England

BioNTech

Company developing patient-specific immunotherapies for cancer.

SkinVision

Creates SkinVision app to diagnose possible melanoma skin cancer symptoms.

More Cancer resources

Cancer Blog Posts

New cancer therapies in 2022 achieving unprecedented remissions - reviewing a year of hope
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

SkinVision App Review – Instant Spot/Mole Assessment
19-Feb-2020

SkinVision App Review – Instant Spot/Mole Assessment

Provides an early warning or peace of mind – good value for money either way

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