NHS England has announced that it will follow NHS Scotland and Wales by implementing an HPV school vaccination programme for boys aged 12 in school year 8 from September. Girls of that age have been on the school vaccination schedule since 2008. As over 90% of Cervical cancers are caused by HPV, in approximately 40…
Further to my recent blog on Understanding Immunotherapy and the therapeutic use of oncolytic viruses as a immunotherapeutic treatment, the possibility of the use of the common cold virus, (Coxsackievirus A21), as a novel treatment agent in bladder cancer has hit the news. The results of a small study by University of Surrey researchers were…
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment which assists the body’s immune system to fight cancer. The body’s immune system is a network of cells and organs that protects the body from threats such as virus infections, toxins, fungi, bacteria, parasites and abnormal growth of tumour cells. The immune system recognises and attacks foreign organisms…
A new study at Washington University, Missouri shows that men who ate two or more 245g yoghurt servings every week were 19% less likely to develop a benign tumour, (adenoma) than those who ate none. The study also found men were also 26% less likely to develop bowel tumours that were at a high risk…