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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NHS England propose to spend £70m rolling out lung cancer tests from mobile clinics in supermarket car parks and hospitals over the next four years. The aim of this latest initiative is to catch lung cancer early enough to improve survival chances and those areas in England which have the highest death rates from…
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