A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right…
Class of breast cancer drugs could treat other types of cancer
A CLASS of drugs used to treat breast cancers which overproduce a protein called HER2 could also treat other types…
New magnetic treatment to target prostate cancer revealed
Scientists developing work funded by The Prostate Cancer Charity are taking an important step forward in tackling the disease by…
Bowel screening reduces cancer deaths by more than 25 per cent
Bowel screening reduces the number of deaths from bowel cancer in Scotland by more than 25 per cent, according to…
Fear, anxiety and embarrassment stop women going for breast screening
Fear, anxiety and embarrassment are some of the main barriers preventing women from going for breast screening, but this alone…
Scientists discover nucleoli damage could kill cancer cells
DAMAGING a cell’s nucleolus could destroy cancer cells by increasing levels of the most important tumour prevention protein, p53, reveals…
Medics miss key opportunities to prevent cancers linked to obesity
People who work in health care are failing to give patients crucial information about the link between obesity and cancer…
Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time
NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from…
First evidence of new ‘druggable’ DNA repair target to destroy cancer cells
BLOCKING a key DNA damage repair enzyme, called APE1, could provide a new way to kill cancer cells containing faulty…
Breast cancer patients lack adequate fertility preservation advice
WOMEN MAY NOT receive adequate information on fertility preservation before breast cancer treatment, according to research presented at the National…
Poor lifestyle habits linked to more side-effects of prostate cancer treatment
Men with poor lifestyle habits experience more debilitating and often permanent side-effects of prostate cancer treatment than those with healthier…
Poor men more likely to die from bowel cancer
DEPRIVED men are more likely to die from bowel cancer than men from the most affluent section of society, new…