Anne Li The number of new cases of cancer in England is continuing to rise. The latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) data show that there were 303,135 cancers diagnosed in England in 2016, up from 299,923 in 2015. This is equivalent to 828 new cases diagnosed each day. Sara…...
7 Key Cancer Trends For 2018
Author: Elaine Schattner I expect progress. Here’s my list of major trends and issues that will affect the lives of cancer patients in 2018: 1. Less chemotherapy A recent report finds that among patients with the most common form of early-stage breast cancer, chemotherapy prescriptions slid, overall, from around 34.5%…...
News digest – diagnosis delays, cervical cancer deaths, ‘what is cancer?’, and… mobile phones?
Anne Li This week, Cancer Research UK’s News Digest gives us updates on diagnosis delays, staff shortages, questions, causes of cancer, HPV, cancer survivors, advances in medicine and technology, and finally…. mobile phones? See original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/12/23/news-digest-diagnosis-delays-cervical-cancer-deaths-what-is-cancer-and-mobile-phones/...
Our 2017 cancer policy highlights: local, national and international
Anne Li As 2017 comes to an end, Cancer Research UK gives us highlights of the year: cutting smoke rates, tackling obesity, staff shortages, tobacco control plan, general election campaigning, sugar tax, cigarette packaging, and Brexit. See original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/12/21/our-2017-cancer-policy-highlights-local-national-and-international/...
Electronic cap treatment improves brain tumour survival
Anne Li Applying low frequency electric fields to the scalp of people with an aggressive type of brain tumour improves survival, according to a clinical trial. Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the say their device offers “promising results” in the trial. The device delivers low-intensity…...
News digest – health warning on cigarettes, nanoparticles, ‘heat-not-burn’ tobacco and…. artificial intelligence?
Anne Li This week, Cancer Research UK gives us updates on cigarettes, treatment for advanced breast cancer, obesity, lymphoma, nanoparticles, drugs for stopping alcohol consumption, ‘Heat-not-burn’ tobacco products, and finally…. artificial intelligence? See original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/12/16/news-digest-health-warning-on-cigarettes-nanoparticles-heat-not-burn-tobacco-and-artificial-intelligence/...
