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Routine CT scans may catch 70% of lung tumours early: New research could save thousands of lives Health experts are demanding the Government brings in routine CT scanning Scanning smokers and ex-smokers ‘extremely effective’ in catching cancer It comes following research that CT scans catch 70 per cent of cancers early By Elliot Mulligan For … Read more
Friday night’s I’m A Celebrity saw Russell Watson open up to his campmates about his two terrifying brain tumours. The tenor, 53, who battled two benign pituitary tumours back-to-back between 2006 and 2007, told how he ‘saw the light’ while lying in an MIR scanner. Speaking to his fellow celebrities in Gwrych Castle about his … Read more
A high-tech ‘pink drink’, swallowed hours before surgery, is helping surgeons spot aggressive brain cancers, by making tumours glow in the dark. The innovation, now being used by neurosurgeons across the UK, doubles the chances doctors will find – and remove – all the cancer, halting progression of the disease. The drink, called Gliolan or … Read more
Half of patients given new drug that stops cancer cells from repairing themselves saw their tumours ‘stop growing’ or ‘disappear completely’ in first clinical trial Researchers in the UK tested berzosertib on 40 patients with advanced tumours Despite being an early trial to evaluate safe dosage, results were ‘encouraging’ Berzosertib works by blocking the protein in cancer … Read more
A woman who had 16 brain tumours admits she thought her headaches and sleepless nights were down to her being a new mother. Lisa Shurety, 39, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, was given just five months to live when cancerous tumours were discovered in her brain, pelvis and lungs after she collapsed in February 2018. The … Read more
Could snake venom treat cancer? Scientists claim the toxic substance can kill breast and colon tumours ‘really quickly’ but admit trials are still early Team at the University of Northern Colorado are investigating snake venom They are searching for cancer cures, as snake venom holds 100s of chemicals Preliminary research shows potential to kill cancer … Read more
Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny toxic copper particles and super-charging the animals’ immune systems Researchers used tiny amounts of a metal which is known to be toxic to cells They injected it into tumours and boosted the immune system for a double effect When tumour cells were … Read more
A mother whose body is covered in thousands of tumours has told how strangers regularly hurl abuse at her in the street. Ashley Jernigan, of Montgomery, Alabama, suffers from an aggressive form of the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis. The 35-year-old was diagnosed when she hit puberty and the condition quickly left her entire body covered in lumps. … Read more
Prostate cancer breakthrough: New treatment to ‘seek and destroy’ tumours could extend lives of thousands of patients Breakthrough PSMA radiotherapy treatment is now privately available in the UK American Society of Clinical Oncology experts said treatment provides hope Considered the most promising new treatment for prostate cancer in 15 years, it could benefit at least … Read more
A cancer vaccine that teaches the body to fight tumours has put three lymphoma patients into remission. The vaccine is injected directly into the tumour and teaches the immune system to destroy it, as well as seek other cancerous cells. Researchers tested it on 11 patients with lymphoma and said some were in full remission … Read more