Aspirin ‘could help immune system fight cancer’
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have made a discovery that they say could boost the power of immunotherapy treatments, which are designed to improve the body’s capacity to fight cancer....
View ArticleCancer ‘sponge’ can spot and absorb tumour cells as they start to spread
According to research published in the journal Nature Communications, US researchers have developed a ‘sponge-like’ implant that can trap cancer cells as they pass through the body. The ability to stop...
View ArticleMost ignore bowel cancer screening that could cut deaths by nearly half
According to a report published in the Journal of Medical Screening, more than half of people invited to take bowel cancer screening tests don’t take up the opportunity. Studies have shown that...
View ArticleAspirin ‘doubled the survival rate of cancer patients’
Aspirin is already known to raise survival rates for bowel cancer. Now a study carried out by researchers at Leiden University Medical Centre offers strong evidence that it can have a powerful effect...
View ArticleScientists discover a new way to stop cancer cells spreading
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and the Francis Crick Institute have discovered a new way to stop cancer cells spreading, according to a study published in EMBO Reports. Cancer cells spread...
View ArticleTime to dump those pills: antioxidants found to hasten spread of cancer
In 1999 a book called The Antioxidant Miracle was released. Its publicity material stated: ‘A pill that strengthens your heart, sharpens your mind, keeps your body young, extends your life, prevents...
View ArticleTweaked malaria protein ‘can find and destroy nine out of 10 cancers’
Where would medicine be without the good fortune of a discovery made by accident? Scientists at the University of Copenhagen were working on a malaria vaccine for pregnant women when they stumbled...
View ArticleHow to gauge skin cancer risk: count the moles on your arm
According to research carried out at King’s College London, the number of moles on the body is a reliable indicator of skin cancer risk — and academics have developed a new way of counting them. The...
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Foods that fend off cancer
Recent reports have highlighted that our lifetime chance of developing cancer is almost one in two. Around one in 12 women will develop breast cancer and one in 14 men will develop cancer of the...
View ArticleIVF can be horrible. Adding a cancer scare to the ordeal is just nasty
Most of us, if we’re in our 30s or later, know someone who’s had to go through IVF. The fertility treatment is little short of a miracle — tens of thousands of people every year who once would have...
View ArticleSouth West good, Merseyside bad: for cancer diagnosis where you live matters
New analysis of health data by Cancer Research UK has shown that where you live is a major factor in surviving cancer. The research found that if every region of England was as good as the South West...
View ArticleBacon may cause cancer but here is why you shouldn’t be worried
The presenter Karl Pilkington once said that if he could be a super hero he would like to be ‘Bullshit Man’. He would fly into meetings and point the finger at anyone talking bullshit. This week,...
View ArticleBarbecued meat ‘will raise your risk of kidney cancer’
Last month the World Health Organisation commissioned a report which suggests that processed meat can cause cancer. Now researchers from the University of Texas say that certain cooking techniques,...
View ArticleMouth cancers are on the rise. Here is how to stop them
According to figures released by Cancer Research UK, oral cancer is now the tenth most common cancer in men and the 15th most common in women. The figures show that about 7,300 people were diagnosed...
View ArticleCancer drugs still being assessed for the NHS ‘to be given to patients early’
England’s Cancer Drugs Fund, which pays for drugs the NHS deems unaffordable, is to be overhauled. Under new plans patients could be given earlier access to innovative cancer drugs. Since being formed...
View ArticleBad habits of ‘Western lifestyle’ blamed for rise of cancer in the developing...
Cancer is becoming more common in the developing world because of the proliferation of a ‘Western lifestyle’, according to a report published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. It is...
View ArticleLung cancer survival has almost doubled in Britain in just 10 years. Here’s how
Britain tends to lag behind other European countries in terms of its cancer survival rates. A few years ago this was most definitely the case with lung cancer. In 2005 only nine per cent of patients...
View ArticleA common painkiller has a side effect — it seems to fight cancer too
Diclofenac, a common anti-inflammatory painkiller, has ‘significant’ anti-cancer properties, according to research published in the journal ecancermedicalscience. The investigation into diclofenac was...
View ArticleThe ups and downs of being tall: more chance of cancer, less risk of heart...
Height has a significant impact on the likelihood of dying from certain common diseases, according to research published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology. The finding remains true irrespective...
View ArticleImproving public health is a crusade to persuade
As January fades into the distance and new year’s resolutions fall by the wayside, many of us will have experienced first-hand the difficulties of behavioural change. Adapting your routine to...
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