• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest – breast cancer trials, height and cancer risk, bowel cancer in young people and immunotherapy

In the news this week: promising clinical trial results from ESMO 2018 and we call out an anti-smoking campaign’s hypocrisy. In the news this week: promising clinical trial results from ESMO 2018 and we call out an anti-smoking campaign’s hypocrisy.

27 October 2018

• Science & Technology

Professor Stephen West awarded Cancer Research UK’s lifetime achievement prize

Professor Stephen West of the Francis Crick Institute has been awarded the Cancer Research UK lifetime achievement award for his pioneering work in DNA repair. Professor Stephen West of the Francis Crick Institute has been awarded the Cancer Research UK lifetime achievement award for his pioneering work in DNA repair.

3 October 2018

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – radiologist shortage, ‘no deal’ Brexit plans, e-cigarettes and alcohol

In the news this week: the health risks caused by drinking alcohol and scientists discover a promising drug target for some lung cancers. In the news this week: the health risks caused by drinking alcohol and scientists discover a promising drug target for some lung cancers.

25 August 2018

• Health & Medicine

Prostate cancer diagnosis: how scientists are working to get it right

Questions are being asked of the tests used to diagnose prostate cancer, and how they can be improved. We cover the latest research, including specialist MRI. Questions are being asked of the tests used to diagnose prostate cancer, and how they can be improved. We cover the latest research, including specialist MRI.

9 May 2018

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – breast screening error, gene tests, childhood obesity and mobile phones

This week’s top story: Around 450,000 women in England weren’t invited for their final breast screening appointment due to an error with NHS computers. This week’s top story: Around 450,000 women in England weren’t invited for their final breast screening appointment due to an error with NHS computers.

5 May 2018

• Health & Medicine

Gene test might benefit women with hard-to-treat breast cancer

Aggressive breast cancers carrying a faulty BRCA gene responded better to a certain type of chemotherapy than standard treatment, according to a trial. Aggressive breast cancers carrying a faulty BRCA gene responded better to a certain type of chemotherapy than standard treatment, according to a trial.

30 April 2018

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – cutting chemo, ovarian cancer drug, Scottish waiting times, and… a new human organ?

This week a study suggested that chemotherapy courses could be halved for some patients and scientists may have discovered new human organ. This week a study suggested that chemotherapy courses could be halved for some patients and scientists may have discovered new human organ.

30 March 2018

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – preventable cancers, kinder radiotherapy, MRI scans, viagra and... blueberry muffins?

In the news this week: new figures put a number on preventable cancer cases in the UK and blueberry muffins came under fire for their sugar content. In the news this week: new figures put a number on preventable cancer cases in the UK and blueberry muffins came under fire for their sugar content.

24 March 2018

• Policy & Insight

Sharon Hodgson MP: NHS cancer staff shortages should be ‘top government priority’

We asked Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP and the Shadow Minister for Public Health, what the Labour Party wants to do to tackle cancer. We asked Sharon Hodgson, Labour MP and the Shadow Minister for Public Health, what the Labour Party wants to do to tackle cancer.

9 February 2018

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest – NHS staff shortages, proton beam therapy, UV-detecting device and… stinging nettles?

In this week’s cancer news: do you know alcohol causes cancer? And desperate measures are being considered around cancer care due to NHS staff shortages. In this week’s cancer news: do you know alcohol causes cancer? And desperate measures are being considered around cancer care due to NHS staff shortages.

13 January 2018

• Science & Technology

How can CRISPR genome editing shape the future of cancer research?

CRISPR genome editing has received lots of attention and hype, so we took a look at what it really means for the future of cancer research. CRISPR genome editing has received lots of attention and hype, so we took a look at what it really means for the future of cancer research.

12 January 2018