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Bookmark or Share- 12 new breakthroughs in the fight against cancer - The World Economic ForumIn October 2024, researchers announced the biggest breakthrough in cervical cancer treatment for two decades – in a trial at 32 medical centres in Brazil, India, Italy, Mexico, and the UK. Results from the INTERLACE trial showed that giving cervical cancer patients a short course of chemotherapy before starting the standard treatment reduced ...
- The world’s first cancer vaccine trial has started. Here’s what that ...A cancer vaccine could have a vastly significant impact worldwide. Overall, 10,000 people could receive bespoke cancer treatments on the UK National Health Service, the world’s largest publicly funded health service, by 2030. This would mark a major step towards dramatically reducing cancer rates worldwide in the coming decades.
- Could we be on the cusp of ending cancer as we know it?Every cancer detected earlier is a chance to save a life. There is nothing more important. This year we saw reassuring policy progress on screening with key updates to national cancer plans across the globe that further prioritise prevention and early detection, specifically in lung cancer – one of the deadliest forms of cancer.
- Prostate cancer linked to five types of bacteria - study | World ...Every year, around 12,000 men in the UK die from prostate cancer. Some cancers progress rapidly and some don't, making it hard to know who to treat. A UK study has recently discovered five types of bacteria linked to aggressive prostate cancer. The breakthrough could help doctors identify who needs urgent treatment.
- How more cancer patients can benefit from cell therapiesIn blood cancers, cancerous cells freely circulate in the bloodstream, making them more accessible to targeting with cell therapies. In contrast, cell therapies are currently less effective against solid tumours, which comprise about 90% of all cancer diagnoses, because of the ecosystem that surrounds the cancer cells inside the body. This ...
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