• Health & Medicine

New network to boost radiotherapy research in UK

A new network to help modernise radiotherapy research throughout the UK is being launched today which will bring a host of benefits to cancer patients. A new network to help modernise radiotherapy research throughout the UK is being launched today which will bring a host of benefits to cancer patients.

7 February 2005

• Health & Medicine

Scottish research yields new clues to improve radiotherapy

Targeting a gene that protects cancer cells from the lethal effects of radiotherapy could help improve the impact of treatment, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell conference delegates in Glasgow this week. Targeting a gene that protects cancer cells from the lethal effects of radiotherapy could help improve the impact of treatment, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist will tell conference delegates in Glasgow this week.

20 June 2004

• Health & Medicine

Microbeams point to future of radiotherapy

Zapping cancer cells with a futuristic microbeam - one of only two fully operational in the world - could pave the way for significant advances in radiotherapy, scientists from Cancer Research UK report1. Zapping cancer cells with a futuristic microbeam - one of only two fully operational in the world - could pave the way for significant advances in radiotherapy, scientists from Cancer Research UK report1.

1 December 2003

• Health & Medicine

Radiotherapy beats tamoxifen for treating pre-invasive breast cancer

Radiotherapy is more effective than tamoxifen for treating pre-invasive breast cancer according to a report published in The Lancet1. Radiotherapy is more effective than tamoxifen for treating pre-invasive breast cancer according to a report published in The Lancet1.

10 July 2003

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Relief for breast cancer patients sought on the grapevine

The humble grape could tackle a painful side effect of breast cancer radiotherapy for which there is currently no effective treatment. The humble grape could tackle a painful side effect of breast cancer radiotherapy for which there is currently no effective treatment.

12 February 2003

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New drug could help target cancer cells with deadly accuracy

A new drug that could revolutionise the impact of radiotherapy on cancer and make treatment much more effective, has been developed by Cancer Research UK scientists - it is announced today. A new drug that could revolutionise the impact of radiotherapy on cancer and make treatment much more effective, has been developed by Cancer Research UK scientists - it is announced today.

28 October 2002

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New radiotherapy is better for breast

A new way of delivering radiotherapy for breast cancer can cause fewer cosmetic changes and less discomfort than conventional treatments, new results from a patient trial reveal. A new way of delivering radiotherapy for breast cancer can cause fewer cosmetic changes and less discomfort than conventional treatments, new results from a patient trial reveal.

5 October 2002

• Health & Medicine

New treatment gives boost to lung cancer patients

A new regime of radiotherapy designed to benefit lung cancer patients has been developed by Cancer Research UK scientists. A new regime of radiotherapy designed to benefit lung cancer patients has been developed by Cancer Research UK scientists.

4 September 2002