• Cladribine for Erdheim-Chester disease.

    Updated: 2009-09-30 21:06:08

  • Generic cyclosporin is bioequivalent to Neoral.

    Updated: 2009-09-30 20:21:54

  • PM Gordon Brown talks exclusively to Cancer Research UK CEO Harpal Kumar

    Updated: 2009-09-29 12:00:37
    As the Prime Minister’s Labour Party Conference speech looms, where he will pledge improvements in diagnosing cancer earlier, we can exclusively bring you an interview between Gordon Brown and our chief executive Harpal Kumar. So what are Gordon Brown’s plans for cancer services? We’ve previously written about the importance of early detection for improving cancer survival [...]

  • Targeting leukaemia at the roots

    Updated: 2009-09-28 11:32:02
    We recently blogged about the latest cancer stem cell breakthrough that hit the headlines – announcing that US scientists had discovered a chemical that could kill breast cancer stem cells in the lab. There’s a good reason why cancer stem cells are causing such a stir – if scientists can unlock their secrets, it could lead [...]

  • Sutent for melanoma

    Updated: 2009-09-25 11:29:55

  • Osteocalcin and bone metastases

    Updated: 2009-09-25 10:49:47

  • Electrical Bioimpedance

    Updated: 2009-09-25 10:12:42

  • Outer space research may benefit cancer patients

    Updated: 2009-09-25 09:26:44
    You might think that the US space program doesn’t have anything to do with cancer. But you’d be wrong. Recent research from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute in Houston, Texas may shed light on a new way to reduce bone damage caused by radiotherapy. Scientists at the Institute are working to understand exactly how space radiation [...]

  • Review: BreastCancer.org

    Updated: 2009-09-24 13:00:24
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  • More progress in understanding prostate cancer genetics

    Updated: 2009-09-24 10:47:08
    Understanding the causes of cancer is one of the key aims of organisations like Cancer Research UK. But although we’ve made huge progress in identifying risk factors for cancers such as breast and bowel cancer, for others the underlying causes aren’t as clear cut. Prostate cancer is one of these. To find out more, scientists around [...]

  • Stem cell transplantation for Crohn's

    Updated: 2009-09-24 09:39:17

  • Positive early results for experimental melanoma drug

    Updated: 2009-09-23 14:11:53
    It’s the ECCO (European Cancer Organisation) Conference this week in Berlin, and one of the biggest stories from the meeting is the result of an early-stage trial of a new targeted melanoma drug (called PLX4302) carried out in the US. It sounds like a wonder-drug, but is it as good as it appears to be? How [...]

  • Vitamin D and cancer survival – new results

    Updated: 2009-09-21 21:01:14
    Recent research, some of which we helped fund, suggests that  melanoma and bowel cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D – the “sunshine vitamin” – may survive for longer. But should people with these cancers be rushing for the sun lounger or sunbed?  And does this conflict with our advice about staying safe in the [...]

  • Ixempra for ovarian cancer

    Updated: 2009-09-21 13:44:34

  • Science comes to life at the Centre of the Cell

    Updated: 2009-09-18 12:51:11
    How many human cells can you fit on the dot of a one penny piece? And how many cells in your body are not actually your own? You can find the answer to these and many other questions at the Centre of the Cell – a brand new science centre that officially launched in London [...]

  • Looking forward to the NCRI Cancer Conference 2009

    Updated: 2009-09-17 14:21:39
    As we turn the corner into Autumn, the thoughts of cancer researchers turn not to conkers and dashing through falling leaves, but to the annual NCRI Cancer Conference. The conference runs from the 4th-7th October at the ICC in Birmingham, and we’ll be bringing you reports, videos and audio of all the latest news here [...]

  • Could infections cause prostate cancer?

    Updated: 2009-09-16 15:32:06
    Cancer can’t be ‘caught’ from another person. But infections caused by viruses and bacteria can trigger certain forms of the disease. For example, human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause cervical cancer and several other types, hepatitis B and hepatitis C can cause liver cancer, and the bacterium Helicobacter pylori is the major cause of stomach cancer. But [...]

  • Patrick Swayze dies of pancreatic cancer

    Updated: 2009-09-15 10:44:55
    This morning we heard that US actor Patrick Swayze died of pancreatic cancer on Monday night.  We are very sorry to hear the sad news, and send our condolences to his family. Pancreatic cancer has a very poor survival rate, and in many cases the disease isn’t detected until it has spread, making treatment difficult. As [...]

  • Debulking carcinoid

    Updated: 2009-09-14 00:13:17

  • Electrical stimulation for bone fusion

    Updated: 2009-09-10 22:27:55

  • Xeloda and erbitux for colorectal cancer

    Updated: 2009-09-10 13:32:15

  • Ch14.18 for neuroblastoma

    Updated: 2009-09-10 04:33:38

  • Chemotherapy for metastatic cervical cancer

    Updated: 2009-09-06 10:53:19

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