To investigate whether UK websites about cervical cancer screening targeted to the public include (1) information about benefits and risks of screening, possible screening results and cervical cancer statistics, (2) quantitative presentation formats recommended in the risk communication literature and (3) appeals for participation and/or informe...
Cancer: How many people are waiting for treatment?King Charles now joins the thousands of people who are diagnosed with cancer every year.Wednesday 7 February 2024 08:50, UK Cancer This is a modal window. undefined OK Close Modal Dialog The King's treatment has begun within days of his ...
A survey of 572 patients by Pancreatic Cancer UK in 2024 found 82% had struggled to obtain their usual PERT prescription on more than one occasion, almost one in five (19%) had frequently gone without taking PERT and 71% were taking a lower dose than they needed or had altered...
3 Cancer patients have a >2-fold increase in the risk of CVD mortality compared with the general population,4 with CVD the second most common cause of death after cancer itself.5 Understanding the patterns of CVD burden in different cancer types is important for appropriate risk stratification,...
Dr Jodie Moffat, Cancer Research UK’s head of early diagnosis, commented: "Different cancers behave in different ways but for some, just a matter of weeks can be enough for the cancer to progress. This is why swift diagnosis and treatment of cancer is so important. Predicting the impact ...
“The exact role of APOBEC3-induced mutations in cancer initiation hasn’t been clear,” said Dr. Faltas, who is also the chief research officer at the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine and a member of the Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center at Weill Cornell Medicine. “But we fo...
Chinese medicine therapies in cancer treatment are very common in the East. Although it is usually classified as a form of complementary and alternative therapy in the West, Chinese medicine is an independent medical profession in Hong Kong and mainland China. It has a different perspective in und...
Another team of researchers in 2020 developed a mint-sized device to regionally deliver cisplatin, a common chemotherapy drug. The lab study found the device’s delivery of cisplatin was “significantly toxic” to breast and liver cancer cells. At Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, researchers...
common treatment currently available for people with advanced disease. I am in awe of the people who have taken part in the PEACE study. Faced with the life-altering news of a terminal cancer diagnosis, they have shown huge courage by deciding to help science after their death in the hope ...
Prof Griffin says that as the years go by, one would expect COVID-related deaths to creep down, but not enough is being done to prevent COVID fatalities. He adds: "We try and bring down excess deaths from non-communicable diseases like cancer and ob...