A Cure for Skin Cancer on the Way

Ongoing clinical trials herald success for a groundbreaking treatment for the killer skin cancer ‘advanced melanoma. At the annual European Cancer Congress in Amsterdam last month, Professor Alexander Eggermont announced the good news and forecast that within five to ten years advanced melanoma could become a curable desease for perhaps 50% of patients, if the…

Superfoods fight Prostate Cancer

Research findings have at last confirmed that a diet containing a handful of so-called ‘superfoods’ can defeat prostate cancer. The findings were presented to the annual conference of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on 3 June by Professor Robert Thomas, consultant oncologist at Addenbrooke Hospital, Cambridge. It involved 203 men with prostate cancer. It…