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.

Resources

The Warning Signs of Skin Cancer - WebMD
An estimated 40% to 50% of fair-skinned people who live to be 65 will develop at least one skin cancer. Learn to spot the early warning signs

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

Recent News

BBC debunks YouTube videos promoting simple cancer treatments

BBC - 13-Sep-2019

Donkey's milk has no proven cancer effect - don't make an ass of yourself

Cancer survival rates improving, but UK performing poorly

BBC - 12-Sep-2019

If there is an election soon, then maybe consider the parties' health policies as well as Brexit

New blood test can detect lung cancer before symptoms show up

BBC - 10-Sep-2019

Detects 50% more early stage lung cancers and being expanded to detect other types