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Cancer jab using immune system’s ‘killer’ cells on the cards – UK study
Scientists are working on a “breakthrough” cancer vaccine after discovering how the body’s immune system targets cells devastated by the disease, according to the researchers from the University...
Lung cancer vaccine trial launches in UK
A new vaccine that fights lung cancer is being tested for the first time on patients in the UK, with researchers saying it could...
TIME ‘Kid of the Year’ teen invents skin cancer soap
An American teenager is making waves in the oncological research world, having invented a soap which he hopes will, in the future, be used...
FDA approves chemo-free treatment for lung cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s chemotherapy-free combination treatment for a type of non-small cell lung cancer, setting up...
Colon cancer blood test needs healthcare sector buy-in
Experts are hoping that FDA approval of the first colon cancer screening blood test – which has several opponents – will boost low screening...
Fallopian tube removal in sterilisation is safe – Swedish experts
The removal of fallopian tubes during sterilisation is about as safe as sterilisation procedures that damage the tubes but leave them intact, a recent...
Higher cancer risk with heavy cannabis use – US study
People who are regular and heavy cannabis users have a three to five times greater risk of developing some head and neck cancers, according...
How the provinces stack up in state oncology treatment
Depending upon where you live, the wait for cancer treatment at a public facility can be more of a death sentence than the disease...
Cervical cancer treatment success with heat therapy – Wits study
Researchers at Wits University have successfully enhanced the effectiveness of heat therapy to help treat cervical cancer – the second most common cancer among...
UK approves ‘take-home’ blood cancer drug
Blood cancer patients in England are to be offered the first ever ‘take-at-home’ tablet to be approved for treatment, and recommended by the National...
Millennials and Gen Xers have higher risk of 17 cancers – US study
US and Canadian researchers have identified 17 cancer types that appear to be more common in Generation X and millennials than in older age...
FDA green light for colon cancer blood test
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a blood test to be used for colorectal cancer screening among average-risk adults 45 and older...
WHO upgrades carcinogenicity of talc
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the World Health Organisation, has reclassified talc from “possibly” to “probably” carcinogenic, and reclassified...
Double mastectomy no guarantee against cancer – Canadian cohort study
Women who had a lumpectomy or a mastectomy and kept their other breast did just as well as women who had a double mastectomy,...
Gene may be key to treating pancreatic cancer – UK study
Scientists may have pinpointed a gene they suggest could could be key to taming one of the world’s deadliest cancers – giving fresh hope...
Aspirin may lower colorectal cancer death risk – Italian study
A growing body of evidence has shown that people who regularly take aspirin have a lower risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) and are less...
FDA stalls again on ban proposal for hair product chemicals
The US Food and Drug Administration’s proposal to ban formaldehyde in haircare products has been pushed back once again, from July to September, and...
Gauteng Health sued over unspent cancer millions
The Cancer Alliance, represented by SECTION27, has filed a court application against the Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) after it failed to spend the...
Cancer patient third US person to have larynx transplant
American Marty Kedian, who had been without a voice for years and unable to swallow and breathe normally after dozens of surgeries for a...
Ultrasound cancer screening less accurate in black women – US study
Experts suggest that a common screening technique used to assess the risk of endometrial cancer may be less effective in black women, and that...
Drugs may boost radiotherapy efficiency in meningiomas – UK study
Drugs developed to fight blood and other cancers could also help improve the efficiency of radiotherapy in the most commonly diagnosed low-grade brain tumour...
WHO suggests therapeutic HPV jabs to scale up vaccination
While a vaccine already exists to prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer, more than 20 therapeutic HPV vaccine candidates are...
HPV one-dose jab campaign to now include private schools
The Department of Health has announced that it is moving from a two-dose to a single-dose HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine regimen and that...
Pre-surgery chemo ups pancreatic cancer survival – Yale study
Patients with pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy both before and after surgery experienced longer survival rates than would be expected from surgery followed by...
Gen-Xers have higher cancer risk than Boomers – US cohort study
A recent study of data from nearly 4m people has showed that Gen-Xers have a greater chance of being diagnosed with cancer than the...
Why SA urgently needs a National Cancer Act
With cancer numbers continuing to rise in South Africa, and with health systems in a perilous state, Cancer Alliance SA and concerned stakeholders are...
Covid link to aggressive rare cancers, suggest scientists
Increasingly, scientists are suggesting that the proliferation of aggressive cancers – including previously very rare forms of the disease – since the Covid-19 pandemic...
Tattoos may boost lymphatic cancer risk – Swedish study
Swedish scientists have called for urgent in-depth research after their recent study, the first of its kind, suggested that tattoo ink might increase the...
US launches 30-year study on black women and cancer
A long-term population study – which will track 100 000 women for three decades – has been started by the American Cancer Society (ACS),...
Judge green-lights 700 000 Zantac lawsuits
In a blow to British pharmaceutical company GSK, a Delaware judge has given the go-ahead for more than 70 000 lawsuits alleging that its...
World scientists unveil slew of new cancer treatments
An encouraging – and exciting – slew of results and progress in the quest to bolster the arsenal against cancer were presented at the...
Durban experts flag breast cancer genetic trends for different race groups
Precise tracking of breast cancer trends in Sub-Saharan Africa is difficult because of a lack of population-specific data, but in KwaZulu-Natal, researchers were able...
Zantac did not cause cancer, jury says in first trial over drug
An elderly American woman’s claim that the new discontinued heartburn drug Zantac was the cause of her colon cancer has been rejected by a...
Scientists uncover cause of severe Covid lung disease
A recent study has shed light on the mystery of why, in some severe Covid-19 cases, the lungs undergo extreme damage, resulting in various...
HPV jab effective for men against cancer, large analysis finds
A recent large analysis showed that vaccination of boys and men against the human papillomavirus (HPV) reduces their risk of head and neck cancers...
Chemo tied to infection in joint replacement patients – US analysis
Researchers have found a possible relationship between receiving chemotherapy within a year of a total joint replacement surgery and an increased incidence of infection...
Young adults missing colorectal cancer symptoms – US review of 25m adults
In a worrying trend, not only are colorectal cancer rates rapidly rising among adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, but the early warning...
FDA approves drug for deadly lung cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an innovative new treatment for patients with a form of lung cancer – to be...
Updated guidelines for prostate cancer screening in South Africa
The SA Urological Association and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of SA have developed evidence-based recommendations to guide clinicians on screening and early diagnosis of...
Proteins in blood could give early cancer warning
British scientists have suggested that proteins in the blood could warn people of cancer more than seven years before diagnosis, according to their research.
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