Engineered herpes virus shows promise against advanced melanoma
New Scientist - 08-Jul-2025RP1 shrinks deep skin tumours and may soon win FDA approval as a new melanoma treatment
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
Air pollution causes DNA mutations leading to lung cancer in non-smokers
The Guardian - 02-Jul-2025Some herbal medicines also showed risky DNA changes
CAR T-cell therapy created inside the body shows promise in animal trials
New Scientist - 19-Jun-2025New RNA method may cut costs and simplify cancer treatment by skipping lab-grown cell steps
Scotland unveils groundbreaking brain imaging to tackle deadly tumours
Independent - 19-Jun-2025New MRI-based tech may better detect tumour changes without contrast dye in brain cancer patients
Cancer Resources
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New German biotech spins out to develop radiotherapeutics
German biotech launches to develop radiotherapy-based treatments
Cancer-fighting implant shows promise in treating melanoma, pancreatic and coloretal tumors
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
