The vaccine is custom-built for individuals using the specific genetic makeup of their tumour - telling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent the deadly disease from coming back.
Excitement among patients and researchers as custom-built jabs enter phase 3 trialDoctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its “gamechanging” potential to permanently cure cancer.Melanoma affects about 132,000 people a year globally and is the biggest skin cancer killer. Currently, surgery is the main treatment although radiotherapy, medicines and chemotherapy are also sometimes used. Continue reading
The ‘gamechanger’ jab works by telling the body to hunt down cancer cells and prevent the deadly disease from coming back
Doctor Marc E. Agronin is a leading Alzheimer's expert in Miami. He said new methods to treat the disease may add years to patients' lives. These include treatments, therapies, medication and lifestyle adjustments
The heartbroken family of Aussie four-year-old Max Robinson are desperately fundraising to afford his life-saving cancer treatment.
More deprived women were found to be at higher risk of lung, kidney, head and neck, bladder, oesophageal and stomach cancers
Almost 16,000 patients have waited more than four months to receive cancer care after receiving an urgent referral over the past four years.
Some such as Netflix star Mindy Kaling , her Suits co-star Abigail Spencer and parenting campaigner Kelly McKee Zajfen took to social media, sharing pictures of the preserve.
EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — Geisinger announced a yearly grant on Thursday from the American Cancer Society (ACS) that will offset the cost of travel for patients going to and from cancer-related treatments. According to Geisinger, Patient Transportation Grant funds will be awarded to health systems and foundations that help patients get to and from radiation []
On World Malaria Day, the architects behind the R21/Matrix-M vaccine present their take on the road ahead
The drugs improve children’s response rate to treatment and survival time without the disease getting worse.
LUZERNE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Improvements were made to Toby Creek after mine subsidence issues started last Sunday. According to the DEP, a cofferdam was installed on Sunday into the creek to stop the flow of water into the subsidence. These are often used to prevent the flow of water into an area that needs to []