Handheld ‘pen’ may bring real-time cancer diagnosis to surgeons’ fingertips
Scientists have developed a handheld probe capable of non-destructively distinguishing between tumours and healthy tissue…
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Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Immune cells with a general knack for recognising and killing many types of infected or…
Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung cancer
For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the specialised radiation…
New epigenomic strategies in the clinical management of cancer of unknown primary
The invention of the EPICUP epigenetic test last year allowed physicians to elucidate what type…
Liquid biopsies: a non-invasive look at treatment response
A new study, to be presented at the ESMO 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, shows…
Thwarting metastasis by breaking cancer’s legs with gold rods
“Your cancer has metastasised. I’m sorry,” is something no one wants to hear a doctor…
Tiny nanoparticles offer significant potential in detecting and treating disease
Tiny nanoparticles offer significant potential in detecting and treating disease, according to a new review.…
Using ‘sticky’ nanoparticles, researchers develop strategy to boost body’s cancer defenses
After radiation treatment, dying cancer cells spit out mutated proteins into the body. Scientists now…
Home bladder cancer tests set for clinical trial
A leading car sensor manufacturer is developing a device to radically simplify bladder cancer testing.…
Microscope can scan tumours during surgery and examine cancer biopsies in 3-D
When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, surgeons try to remove all the cancerous…