Scientists breach brain barriers to attack tumours
The brain is a sort of fortress, equipped with barriers designed to keep out dangerous…
Browsing: Head and Neck Cancers
Pembrolizumab rejected by NICE as a first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer
NICE has rejected to recommendation of using pembrolizumab as a first-line therapy for patients with…
HPV status may affect risk of early death in patients with oropharynx cancer
New research indicates that there is a higher risk of early death among patients with…
Peering into the genome of brain tumour
Researchers at Osaka University, Japan, have developed a computer method that uses magnetic resonance imaging…
Radiation breaks connections in the brain
One of the potentially life-altering side effects that patients experience after cranial radiotherapy for brain…
New imaging system and artificial intelligence algorithm accurately identify brain tumours
A novel method of combining advanced optical imaging with an artificial intelligence algorithm produces accurate,…
Research sheds important light on the metastasis of neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma can grow and spread in the body very aggressively, making it very difficult to…
Breakthrough in understanding neuroblastoma – a common childhood cancer
Scientists studying one of the most common forms of childhood cancer have made an important…
Major trial backs immunotherapy as standard first-line treatment for head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy is better than standard ‘extreme’ chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck…
More children are surviving neuroblastoma
Both the survival rate and the incidence of neuroblastoma have increased in the last decennia,…