• Science & Technology

Tumour cells may ‘hijack’ white blood cells to help spread

White blood cells that usually help fight infections could be co-opted by cancer cells to help tumours spread, a new US study has found. White blood cells that usually help fight infections could be co-opted by cancer cells to help tumours spread, a new US study has found.

20 October 2016

• Science & Technology

How a little known organ could protect people who’ve had stem cell transplants

Our Stand Up To Cancer-funded researchers in Birmingham are turning their immune cell knowledge into ways to tackle infection after treatment. Our Stand Up To Cancer-funded researchers in Birmingham are turning their immune cell knowledge into ways to tackle infection after treatment.

18 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

New consent forms for cancer treatments published

Cancer patients are being given a new consent form to better explain the drugs they will be given before starting treatment. Cancer patients are being given a new consent form to better explain the drugs they will be given before starting treatment.

18 October 2016

• For Researchers

A new era for pancreatic cancer: The Dream Team

We catch up with Professor Gerard Evan, a cancer genetics expert in Cambridge, to hear about his Stand Up To Cancer-funded work on pancreatic cancer. We catch up with Professor Gerard Evan, a cancer genetics expert in Cambridge, to hear about his Stand Up To Cancer-funded work on pancreatic cancer.

17 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Why has science seemingly changed its mind on night shifts and breast cancer?

New research has a possible answer to a long-standing question over whether working night shifts increases the risk of breast cancer. New research has a possible answer to a long-standing question over whether working night shifts increases the risk of breast cancer.

14 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Annual UK cancer cases set to soar to half a million in less than 20 years

Five hundred thousand people will be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK by 2035 if trends continue, according to a Cancer Research UK study. Five hundred thousand people will be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK by 2035 if trends continue, according to a Cancer Research UK study.

12 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Roadmap to get new cancer scans into clinic

A team of international scientists has outlined key recommendations for a global standard for scanning biomarkers in cancer. A team of international scientists has outlined key recommendations for a global standard for scanning biomarkers in cancer.

11 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Receptionists could put people off seeing their GP

Forty per cent of people say that having to talk through their symptoms with doctors’ receptionists could put them off going to their GP. Forty per cent of people say that having to talk through their symptoms with doctors’ receptionists could put them off going to their GP.

11 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

1.7 million children started secondary school overweight or obese in last decade

During the last decade, 1,655,000 children have started secondary school overweight or obese in England. During the last decade, 1,655,000 children have started secondary school overweight or obese in England.

11 October 2016

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

Improving treatments for childhood nerve cancer means understanding its complexity

New research points to a possible way to help personalise treatment for a type of childhood cancer. New research points to a possible way to help personalise treatment for a type of childhood cancer.

7 October 2016