Cancer

The Princess of Wales has announced in an emotional video statement her early cancer diagnosis....

Vishvajyth Ponnambalam The origins of genetic testing can be seen as early as the 1950’s, where chromosomes were individually counted per cell, being used to diagnose certain chromosomal diseases such as Downs Syndrome. It has now expanded to be able to detect changes in genes, proteins, and even single...

Vishvajyth Ponnambalam   According to a study published by the charity Cancer Research UK, the United Kingdom is at the bottom of the league tables for survival rates for patients suffering from 5 out of 7 listed cancer types. The study included countries such as Ireland, Canada, Denmark, and...

The University of Nottingham has announced a partnership with the San Francisco based company XPose Therapeutics, through the Naaz Coker Ovarian Cancer Research Centre (NOVARC), to develop new treatments for ovarian cancer....

From Me to You, a charity founded to inspire people to write letters to those living with cancer, put on a free letter writing workshop last month, with patients at both Nottingham City Hospital and Nottingham QMC signed up to the scheme. ...

Sarvenaz Hosseini          Would you want your cells to live on beyond your death without your consent? How would your children and grandchildren feel knowing bits of you are in labs all over the world without you or them having a say? Studied and examined. Your...

Prostate cancer has become the most commonly diagnosed cancer, according to provisional figures by Public Health England (PHE). This means the disease has overtaken breast cancer in the most commonly diagnosed cancer in England. In 2018, there were 316,680 cancers diagnosed – the same as 868 cases a day....