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Author Archives: Ian MacWatt

Study finds differences between Childhood and Adult Cancers

In the NewsBy Ian MacWattApril 25, 2018Leave a comment

A recent pan-cancer study in USA has found that several cancer types are genetically different in children and adults. The paediatric study, led by Jinghui Zhang, Ph.D., at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, analysed samples from nearly 1,700 patients, aged 20 or younger, looking at all non-inherited, or somatic, genetic alterations. Adult patients in…

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New Trial to test multi-targeted immunotherapy in common childhood cancer

In the NewsBy Ian MacWattApril 17, 2018Leave a comment

Following news of a phase 3 trial of AstraZeneca’s experimental drug (In The News 23.03.18), we are notified of a new phase 1 clinical trial being conducted at Bethesda Hospital, Maryland, for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment. It will use a double-barrelled approach that targets two proteins found on the surface of the cancer cells.…

Multidisciplinary diagnostic NHS Cancer screening centres

In the NewsBy Ian MacWattApril 10, 2018Leave a comment

UK Cancer survival rates lag behind those in the rest of Western Europe. The primary reason for this is simple; cancer diagnosis is often too late to save the patient. This lamentable state of affairs is all too frequently met with the government’s complacent anodyne response that UK cancer survival rates are rising, and more…

New High Speed Prostate Scan unveiled

In the NewsBy Ian MacWattMarch 22, 2018Leave a comment

A new pilot high-speed path to treatment for prostate cancer that can significantly cut diagnosis time was presented at the European Association of Urology Conference in Copenhagen last week by Professor Hashim Ahmed, Chair of Urology at Imperial College London. The procedure can cut waiting time for detection in the UK from an average 56…

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