Global Cancer News

Anne Li It’s a simple message: diagnose cancer earlier and treatment is more likely to be successful. But doing this isn’t so simple. That’s why a string of announcements from NHS England chief, Simon Stevens, have made headlines today. Stevens is launching a number of new ways that he says…...

Anne Li Bacteria found in certain bowel cancers can also be found inside a small number of tumours that have spread to another part of the body, says new research. The bacteria helped bowel cancer cells grow in mice. Researchers said this adds to the evidence of a relationship between…...

Anne Li The journey from discovering x-rays to using them to treat cancer was a quick one. It began in the winter of 1895 in a physicist’s lab in central Bavaria, Germany. While he was experimenting with electricity and gases, Professor Wilhelm Röntgen produced what he called ‘a new kind…...

Anne Li This week, Cancer Research UK’s News Digest gives us updates on NHS announcements, the Budget, boosts to research development, experimental immunotherapy, head and neck cancers, PTSD, link between obesity and cancer, connections between obesity and breast cancer, connections between smoking and breast cancer, receiving standard cancer care, effective…...

Anne Li This week, Cancer Research UK’s News Digest gives us updates on new breast cancer drugs, minimum price for alcohol, grandparents’ influence, helping smokers quit, obesity rates, organoids, gene editing, pancreatic cancer, and finally…. coffee? This week’s number is 8,000, which is the number of women who could be…...

Anne Li                                  December 23rd, 2016   Quick and simple tests to accurately detect and track tumours would make keeping on top of cancer a lot easier for doctors and their patients. Right now, a…...

Anne Li                                 December 23rd, 2016   It’s fair to say the UK has some way to go to bring cancer survival figures in line with those of the best countries in the world. And the…...