Osteonecrosis in patients previously radiated for head and neck cancer.
Updated: 2009-12-31 05:23:17
Taxotere and cisplatin for lung cancer
Updated: 2009-12-30 14:45:16Avastin for radiation necrosis
Updated: 2009-12-23 15:51:16Healthy Resolutions 2010
Updated: 2009-12-22 18:13:41
This is a repost of an article from last year. A few stats have been updated, but the messages are the same. Despite a huge amount of coverage in the press, the standard tenets of healthy living still remain the best way of reducing the risk of cancer.
And what better time to start that [...]2009 review – a year of progress
Updated: 2009-12-22 15:07:19
We’ll be taking a break from blogging over the festive period, but we’ll be back in January with more top science, myth-busting and podcasts. In the meantime, here’s a quick run-down of some of the biggest stories that we’ve covered on the blog this year.
Going all the way back to January, our researchers discovered how [...]Sprycel for lung cancer
Updated: 2009-12-22 02:45:51Question 2009
Updated: 2009-12-22 00:37:08Thalidomide for angiodysplasia
Updated: 2009-12-21 21:41:56Interferon for giant cell tumors
Updated: 2009-12-20 14:19:21Herceptin for gastric cancer
Updated: 2009-12-19 23:45:35Etoposide, doxorubicin, carboplatin for intermediate risk neuroblastoma
Updated: 2009-12-18 05:22:23Gleevec for graft versus host disease
Updated: 2009-12-17 16:51:33MP to introduce Private Member’s bill on sunbeds
Updated: 2009-12-17 16:06:33
In Parliament yesterday Julie Morgan, the Labour MP for Cardiff North, introduced a Private Member’s Bill aimed at preventing under-18s using sunbeds.
This is great news and means steps are being taken to answer our call to ensure children and teenagers are protected from the dangers of sunbeds.
What is a Private Member’s Bill?
Every year twenty MPs [...]Afinitor for neuroendocrine cancer
Updated: 2009-12-17 11:30:49Imaging and radiological surveillance for hystiocytosis
Updated: 2009-12-16 19:17:02Scientists wrestling with DNA repair find a new role for SUMO
Updated: 2009-12-16 18:05:05
Despite their heavyweight name, SUMO proteins are a family of small proteins found in our cells, which, by sticking to other proteins, can regulate all sorts of cellular goings-on.
For example, sticking a SUMO protein onto another protein can shuttle it to a different location in the cell, or alter how it works.
And there’s tantalising evidence [...]Skin and lung cancer genomes are truly groundbreaking
Updated: 2009-12-16 18:01:50
It’s been a bumper week for research on cancer. As we report elsewhere, scientists have been delving deep into our cells’ DNA repair mechanisms, and finding out how they tick.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, two more papers published in Nature today look at what happens when DNA repair goes wrong, by mapping DNA [...]Adjuvant therapy of rectal cancer, including stage II
Updated: 2009-12-14 14:36:55Enbrel for Graft Versus Host Disease
Updated: 2009-12-13 18:53:45PET surveillance for head and neck cancer
Updated: 2009-12-13 16:08:57New trial brings pioneering treatment to children with cancer in the UK
Updated: 2009-12-10 00:28:48
Cancer in children is not common. And although this is something to be thankful for, it can make things a little more challenging for researchers. This is simply because if fewer people have a particular type of cancer then there are fewer people to take part in clinical trials.
To help overcome this hurdle, Cancer Research [...]Circulating cell test for breast cancer
Updated: 2009-12-09 08:15:29Fungal prophylaxis in intensive chemotherapy
Updated: 2009-12-08 23:04:18Vitamin C for cancer
Updated: 2009-12-08 22:36:26OFAR for CLL
Updated: 2009-12-06 02:45:36Early diagnosis saves lives – and here’s the evidence
Updated: 2009-12-03 15:25:42
It’s been a big week for cancer news, as we blogged about yesterday.
The Government’s report on progress against the Cancer Reform Strategy showed how much cancer survival varies across the country, and another story presented figures from Professor Mike Richards, National Cancer Director, estimating that earlier diagnosis could save between 5,000 and 10,000 lives a [...]Interferon and arsenic tri-oxide for T-cell leukemia/ lymphoma
Updated: 2009-12-03 14:31:22