Infant brain tumours could benefit from targeted treatment
Babies with brain tumours could benefit from targeted treatment - Tumours in infants biologically distinct from older patients - -…
Cancer
MPs demand urgent action on PPE & radiotherapy capacity
MPs have today written to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care urging him to prioritise the supply…
Are clinical trials of anticoagulation feasible in children?
The Top Journal Lancet Haematology recently published an international trial on a blood thinner to treat blood clots in children.…
First Comprehensive Survey of Virus DNA Found Within Cancer Cells
Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first comprehensive survey of viruses found within…
Calls For Flexibility To All ‘Game Changing’ Cancer Treatments
Sarcoma UK is calling on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), NHS England, and pharmaceutical companies to…
Cancers Engaged in Evolutionary Arms Race with Immune System
- Aggressive stomach and gullet cancers evolve escape routes under selective pressure from immune system - Findings underline importance of…
Cancer Research Offers More Hope Than People Think
· Only 28 per cent of people believe cancers can be controlled long term – yet the average patient now…
Life Extending Cancer Drug will not be made Available to all Patients in Scotland
Sarcoma UK is disappointed to see that life extending cancer drug trabectedin (Yondelis) will not be made available routinely on…
The Loneliest Cancer
A comprehensive new report launched on Tuesday 26th November 2019 and commissioned by the charity Sarcoma UK reveals how this…
Queen’s University Belfast Awarded Research Grant to Improve Bone Marrow Cancer Treatment
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have received the first scientific research grant from MDS UK to improve treatment for Myelodysplastic…