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Children with cancer are being denied new drugs which are available to adults. Medics at the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research said the rules were “too cautious”. A study has shown that just 7% of suitable children were getting drugs that target genetic weak spots of cancer. Cancers are caused by…
Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer are improving in England, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer. Survival rates for teenagers and young adults with cancer are improving in England, particularly for those with leukaemia and bone cancer. This has been found after a report was done by Public Health England…
Scientists believe they have found a way to make cancer chemotherapy treatments less toxic to the body. They have begun testing a tiny sponge that sits inside the vein and removes excess chemo drugs from the blood once they have targeted the tumour. Experts say the early work offers hope of avoiding treatment side-effects such…
A clinical trial has been launched to see if a breath test to see if it can detect the presence of cancer. Researchers want to find out if different types of different cancer types can be picked up in patterns of breath molecules. The Cancer Research UK team in Cambridge will collect breath samples from…
England has failed to close the gap on the best-performing nations when it comes down to cancer. Despite 20 years of England trying to improve. The Health Foundation review of the government’s records between 1995 and 2015 said even with England’s four strategies setting goals, the NHS was still way behind the best service. If…
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