Update. Mar 7 2019 The UK government has launched a national cervical cancer screening campaign this Spring following the screening uptake hitting a 20-year low. One in three women are failing to take the test which is freely available on the NHS to women aged between 25 and 64. It is estimated that if…
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US clinical trial results show that a treatment regimen developed specifically for children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, (ALL), is also effective for treating older adolescents and young adults with the disease, though patients in the study who were obese or very obese had significantly worse outcomes than other patients. Haematologist Dr Wendy Stock of the Leukaemia and Lymphoma…
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A Manchester Biomedical Research centre study has shown that annual Breast Cancer screening for younger women aged 35-39 with a family history of Breast Cancer would effectively detect incipient and cancerous tumours earlier and thus save lives. The numbers of breast cancers discovered in the study led by Professor Gareth Evans were significant. The charity…
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Following a price deal between the NHS and Swiss drugs firm Novartis in September 2018, the drug Kymriah has now been made available for CAR-T Cell treatment of relapsed or refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in paediatric and young adult patients. This offers hope for children who have exhausted all other treatment options.…
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