Starving leukaemia cells by targeting amino acids
Cancer cells consume sugar at a higher rate than healthy cells, but they’re also hungry…
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Treatment guidelines for breast implant-associated lymphoma (BIA-ALCL)
The use of textured breast implants during augmentation or reconstructive surgery can slightly increase a…
NHS Oncologist Shortage: Workforce report highlights continuing struggle to staff UK cancer centres
Annual workforce figures released today by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) reveal the continuing…
Study finds way to potentially improve immunotherapy for cancer
A new study has identified a drug that potentially could make a common type of…
Exposure to chemical in Roundup increases risk for cancer: study
Exposure to glyphosate—the world’s most widely used, broad-spectrum herbicide and the primary ingredient in the…
Cancer causes premature ageing
Leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells – according to new research published…
Understanding the emergence of leukaemia
Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukaemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children.…
Finding second hits to knock out leukaemia
Many new anti-cancer drugs inhibit proteins that are essential for the proliferation of cancer cells.…
Drug compound could be next-generation treatment for aggressive form of leukaemia
Researchers have been struggling for years to find a treatment for patients who have a…
Targeted treatment shrinks deadly paediatric brain tumours
Chemotherapy and radiation are effective cancer treatments because they kill rapidly dividing cells, including tumour…