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Better post-surgery care would 'dramatically improve' cancer survival — 82-country study
Patients’ chances of survival after cancer surgery is strongly linked with the standard of post-operation hospital care, with patients in low-and lower-middle-income countries were...
Statins may protect the heart from chemotherapy in early breast cancer
Statins may protect women's hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to a cohort study.
"Two types of cancer medications,...
Many women could safely skip breast cancer chemo — RxPONDER Trial
More women with early-stage breast cancer may safely forgo chemotherapy, suggests an interim analysis that had a median follow-up of five years of the...
UK to trial blood test that detects more than 50 types of cancer
A novel blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer, often before symptoms show, is to be trialled by the UK's...
Lorlatinib a potential first-line option for ALK-positive lung cancer patients
Lung cancer patients with a specific genetic alteration lived longer and were protected against metastasis to the brain when treated early with the drug...
Small personalised cancer vaccine clinical trial to expand following promising early results
A clinical trial at the University of Arizona Health Sciences designed to study the safety and effectiveness of a personalised cancer vaccine in combination...
A month's delay in cancer treatment may raise death risk up to 13%
People whose treatment for cancer is delayed by even one month have 6% to 13% higher risk of dying – a risk that keeps...
Two immune therapy studies show promise in advanced cervical cancer
Preliminary results from two independent, phase II clinical trials investigating a new PD-1 (programmed cell death protein 1)-based immune therapy for metastatic cervical cancer...
Colorectal cancer prevention: BMJ evidence review of 80 meta-analyses
An evidence review in The BMJ examines 80 meta-analyses of interventional and observational studies of colorectal cancer (CRC) prevention using medications, vitamins, supplements and...
Tagriso shown to slow spread of EGFR gene mutation brain metastases
AstraZeneca’s top-selling drug Tagrisso has been shown to slow the spread of a certain type of lung cancer to the brain when diagnosed at...
Combining two precision medicines to treat drug-resistant cancers
Launching a dual-pronged attack on tumours using a combination of two precision medicines could treat patients with multiple common cancers, a clinical trial shows....
Use of permanent hair dye and cancer risk
Women who use permanent hair dye products to colour their hair at home do not experience greater risk of most cancers or greater cancer...
Single dose radiotherapy effective in treating breast cancer
A pioneering breast cancer therapy developed by University College London (UCL) clinicians, which requires just one shot of radiotherapy rather than conventional weeks-long treatment,...
Breast screening women in their 40s to save lives – long-term UK study
A 23-year follow-up of a large UK trial found that screening women aged 40-49 led to a substantial and significant 25% reduction in breast...
Higher end of normal blood platelet count may indicate cancer
Blood platelet counts at the higher end of normal suggest a high risk of cancer in men aged 60 or over, and should be...
Simple urine test could improve detection of adrenal cancer
Using a simple urine test alongside routine imaging for patients with adrenal masses could speed up adrenal cancer diagnosis, improving patient's prognosis and reducing...
Fasting diet may boost hormone drugs in breast cancer therapy
A University of Southern California-led team of scientists has found that a fasting-mimicking diet combined with hormone therapy has the potential to help treat...
Blood test may detect 5 cancers up to 4 years earlier in asymptomatic patients
A non-invasive blood test, which could be used as a potential tool for the early detection of five common types of cancer up to...
Vitamin D may help reduce colitis risk during immunotherapy
Taking vitamin D supplements might reduce the risk of colitis in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors to treat their cancer, found a US study.
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New blood test for cancer up to 10x more sensitive
A new method of analysing cancer patients' blood for evidence of the disease could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods...
Sedentary behaviour independently predicts cancer mortality
In the first study to look at objective measures of sedentary behaviour and cancer mortality, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
Nicotine promotes metastasis of lung cancer to the brain
Among people who have the most common type of lung cancer, up to 40% develop metastatic brain tumours, with an average survival time of...
World-first: Saliva test detects a hidden throat cancer
A simple saliva test developed by Australian biomedical scientists has detected early throat cancer in a person who had no symptom and no clinical...
Microcytosis in men linked to more than double the risk of cancer
Having abnormally small red blood cells – a condition known as microcytosis – is linked to more than double the risk of several cancers...
Major trial shows breast cancer drug can hit prostate cancer Achilles heel
Olaparib, a pill lacking the side effects of chemotherapy, can target an Achilles heel in prostate cancers with a weakness in their ability to...
Aspirin linked to reduction in risk of several cancers of the digestive tract
The largest and most comprehensive analysis to date of the link between aspirin and digestive tract cancers has found reductions in the risk of...
New blood test accurately detects more than 50 types of cancer
In a study involving thousands of participants, a new blood test detected more than 50 types of cancer as well as their location within...
Single HPV vaccine dose may be effective against cervical cancer
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the US, and persistent infection with certain types of the virus can cause cervical cancer....
Three-pronged approach could eliminate cervical cancer within 100 years
More than 74m cervical cancer cases and 62m deaths could be averted in the next 100 years if 78 of the world’s poorest countries...
'How long have I got, doc?’ — online tool tackles the hardest question
Talking about cancer is hard. Talking about the chances of surviving cancer is even harder. Now, Stat News reports, one of the entrepreneurs...
Half the amount of chemo still prevents recurrence of testicular cancer
Testicular cancer can be prevented from coming back using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, a clinical trial has shown. In...
Public fixation on cancer 'cure' masks dramatic progress
The strong public focus on a “cure for cancer” is masking dramatic progress made in extending the lives of patients with advanced cancer and...
Faster breast cancer radiation treatment as effective as long course
A five-year multi-centre randomised control trial shows similar recurrence rates of breast cancer in patients treated by accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) over the...
Immunotherapy boosts survival in prostate cancer 'super survivors'
Some men with advanced prostate cancer who have exhausted all other treatment options could live for two years or more on immunotherapy, a major...
Immunotherapy better than 'extreme' chemotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy is better than standard “extreme” chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer and can keep some patients alive for more...
Dangers of alternative medicine in advanced breast cancer
Patients with advanced breast cancer that has spread to the skin are likely to cause more harm than good if they use complementary therapies...
Simple blood test may improve early detection of breast cancer — pilot study
Breast cancer could be detected up to five years before there are any clinical signs of it, using a blood test that identifies the...
Men with breast cancer have higher mortality than female counterparts
Men with breast cancer are more likely to die than their female counterparts, across all stages of disease, with the disparity persisting even when...
Prostate cancer: No need for radiotherapy after surgery
Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery, according to late breaking results of the RADICALS-RT trial presented at the ESMO Congress...
Improved response from triple negative breast cancer patients to immune plus chemotherapy
Immune therapy added to chemotherapy improves pathological complete response in patients with early triple negative breast cancer, according to results from the KEYNOTE-522 trial...