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Woman cancer-free after UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer | UK News
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A 32-year-old woman is cancer-free after undergoing the UK’s first liver transplant for advanced bowel cancer. Bianca Perea, a trainee lawyer from Manchester, was diagnosed with the most advanced kind of bowel cancer in November 2021, with doctors telling her they aimed to prolong her life rather than find a cure. But, alongside other treatments…
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New test uses AI to detect breast cancer at earliest stage yet | Science, Climate & Tech News
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A new test can detect breast cancer at its earliest stage, using laser screening and artificial intelligence. The fast, non-invasive test looks for subtle changes in the bloodstream that occur during the initial phases of breast cancer, known as stage 1a, according to the University of Edinburgh team behind the breakthrough. These changes aren’t detectable…
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‘Pioneering’ drug for rare eye cancer to be rolled out on NHS in England | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Hundreds of people in England with a rare form of eye cancer are set to have access to a “pioneering” drug, the NHS has announced. Following approval by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma can now be offered a drug called tebentafusp. The cancer is thought to…
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‘Disease-causing’ salmonella could actually help combat bowel cancer, study suggests | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Salmonella could be engineered to help fight bowel cancer after research found the bacteria stops the body’s own immune cells attacking the disease. Experts have long known that salmonella – which can cause food poisoning – could help beat cancer, but when used in therapies it has not been as effective as hoped. But now,…
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NHS pilots new iPhone adapter to check patients for throat cancer | UK News
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The NHS has begun trialling a new iPhone adapter which can check whether someone has throat cancer. It is hoped the device will allow thousands of patients to be given the all-clear from the disease within hours – rather than days or weeks – as well as helping to detect cases early. People suspected of…
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New cancer treatment trial shrinks Luton man’s brain tumour by half after just weeks of radioactive injections | UK News
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A new radioactive therapy has shrunk a man’s deadly brain tumour by half, in what experts hope could be a breakthrough cancer treatment. Paul Read, a 62-year-old engineer from Luton, noticed he had a severe headache last December. Two weeks later, his wife Pauline was concerned he had a stroke as his face appeared to…
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Simple tweak to cervical cancer treatment cuts risk of death by 40%, say researchers | Science & Tech News
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A new cervical cancer treatment cuts the risk of death by 40% according to a large-scale study. Researchers at UCL and its associated hospital, University College London Hospital, spent 10 years studying patients who were given a short course of chemotherapy before chemoradiation, which is a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. They found there was…
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Prostate cancer test shown to ‘reduce number of deaths’ – as charity calls for change | Science & Tech News
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Men at higher risk of prostate cancer should be offered a test by GPs – even if they do not have any symptoms of the disease, a charity has said. The recommendation is based on two trials by Prostate Cancer UK, which showed tests that measure prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels “reduce the number of…
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World’s first ovarian cancer vaccine being developed in UK ‘could wipe out the disease’ | UK News
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The world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine could wipe the disease out, researchers have said. OvarianVax is a vaccine that teaches the immune system to recognise and attack the earliest stages of ovarian cancer. It’s being developed by scientists at the University of Oxford. The hope is that women could receive the jab preventatively on the…
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New miniature scanner could revolutionise diagnosis of diseases like cancer, diabetes and arthritis | Science & Tech News
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A breakthrough in miniaturising a type of scanner that uses laser light, rather than harmful X-rays, to see beneath our skin in unprecedented detail may help revolutionise medical imaging, according to a team of researchers in the UK. The device, developed by scientists at University College London (UCL), is particularly effective at imaging blood vessels,…