Category: Science blog July 21, 2018 1 comment
An expert committee has recommended that the HPV vaccine should be given to boys as well as girls.
Category: Science blog July 20, 2018 3 comments
A new study explores the impact that mixing complementary therapy with conventional cancer treatment can have on survival.
Category: Science blog July 18, 2018 3 comments
The Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation has recommended that boys are offered the HPV vaccine. We look at what this could mean and next steps.
Category: Science blog July 16, 2018 2 comments
We look at how research could help to adapt and improve treatment for older patients, including inclusive clinical trials and pre-habilitation.
Category: Science blog July 14, 2018 0 comments
A dye used in brain tumour surgery will be rolled out more widely and an immunotherapy drug for neuroblastoma has been made available on NHS.
Category: Science blog July 12, 2018 0 comments
Brain tumours are heavily influenced by their surroundings so understanding the environment they’re in could reveal ways to destroy them.
Category: Science blog July 11, 2018 0 comments
Thanks to a trial we supported, people with a type of brain tumour now have a new treatment option – a chemotherapy we developed.
Category: Science blog July 7, 2018 0 comments
Research predicts how breast screening could be changed to cut overdiagnosis and save the NHS money, and the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday.
Category: Science blog July 6, 2018 2 comments
New computer simulation study suggests only screening women deemed at a ‘high risk’ of breast cancer could help to reduce unnecessary diagnoses.
Category: Science blog July 2, 2018 1 comment
DIPG is a fatal childhood brain tumour. But our scientists are unpicking its biology in the hope of finding new ways to tackle this hard to treat cancer.
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