Researchers in Germany have shown that a multigene test can identify breast cancer patients who do not need chemotherapy and who have a good chance of surviving five years after diagnosis.
Mar 15, 2016
Mar 14, 2016
The MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas looks at a new way of reducing the pain of chemotherapy
The world-renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas has found a potentially new way to increase the quality of life and reduce the pain experienced by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Mar 11, 2016
A new drug combination destroys breast tumours in 11 days
A new combination of two proven breast cancer drugs has either eradicated tumours or shrunk them to ‘barely visible size’ in just 11 days. Doctors in Manchester gave a combination of trastuzumab and lapatinib to 257 women and within 11 days in 11% of the […]
Mar 11, 2016
Breast cancer: What’s new in screening and treatment?
Screening The European Breast Cancer Conference in Amsterdam has heard that thousands of cases of breast cancer are going undetected by the standard screening techniques used by the NHS.
Mar 10, 2016
Promise of simple point-of-care diagnosis of cancer and other diseases
Scientists in Singapore have developed an optical device that could bring on-the-spot diagnosis for some cancers and other diseases closer to becoming a reality, it’s been reported this week.