UK Cancer diagnoses for Breast Cancer fell alarmingly during the summer. At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic thousands of routine operations, scans and appointments were cancelled. Patients were later scared to visit hospitals for a mammogram screening for fear of catching the virus. In consequence of this screening and diagnosis pause due to the…
Immunotherapy is not a new approach for the treatment of cancer. Over a century ago William Coley observed beneficial effects in certain cancer patients1 after injecting them with a mixture of Streptococcus pyogenes and Serratia marcescens (Coley’s toxin) to boost the immune system, about which little was known at that time.
Technology photo created by pressfoto – www.freepik.com The first UK study to estimate the proportion of womb cancers caused by an inherited cancer predisposition called Lynch syndrome has been carried out by The University of Manchester. Almost 3% of womb cancers are linked to a hereditary condition named Lynch syndrome, according to new clinical research…
67% of men and 60% of women who were admitted to hospital, are obese, according to latest NHS figures. They also show that Childhood obesity rates have been steadily increasing over the last several decades. 20% of children are now obese. Obesity is a disease that affects all Cancer aspects; Cancer risk, Cancer detection, Cancer…