Initially, dentists believed that the lump was related to her teeth. (Representative pic) A 16-year-old girl in the United Kingdom who was sent home with antibiotics by a dentist when a pea-sized lump appeared on her cheek has been diagnosed with a rare cancer after the mass grew to the size of a “tennis ball” … Read more
By age 45, more than 80 per cent of childhood cancer survivors will grapple with serious or life-threatening effects stemming from their treatments. These repercussions range from heart disease to colorectal and breast cancer, according to a recent Canadian study. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), found that adult survivors … Read more
Positive patient Gary was told he had two years to live – 14 years ago (Image: Prostate Cancer UK) Prostate cancer drug trials could be accelerated “to save time, money and lives”, research suggests. Evidence showing how much a medicine can extend sufferers’ lives, known as overall survival, is usually considered the gold standard for … Read more
A device that uses nanoscopic needles to inject or extract a sample from a living cell has been hailed as a breakthrough for cancer research. Techniques used to study single cells usually destroy them but the “nanopipette” allows researchers to extract tiny samples from a living cell without killing it. This will enable them to … Read more
Cancer patients in the UK are less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiotherapy than those in comparable countries, research suggests. Some 32 percent of patients were treated with chemotherapy in the UK, compared with 39 percent in Norway and Canada and 42 percent in Australia. One in five received radiotherapy here, compared with 23 percent … Read more
