A new study at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA, suggests that many Colorectal Cancer, (CRC), tumour cells can migrate and grow in other parts of the body very soon after the original cancer tumour has developed from an abnormal precancerous tissue growth or polyp. This can happen long before the original cancer tumour is…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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