Transform project has potential to reduce deaths from the disease by 40%, savings thousands of lives a year in UKMethods of screening men for prostate cancer will be trialled in an attempt to save thousands of lives in the UK each year, in what has been hailed as a “pivotal moment” by experts.The £42m project, known as Transform, will compare various screening methods to current NHS diagnostic processes, which can include blood tests, physical examinations and biopsies. Continue reading
'It will take many years and a huge amount of resources, but if we don't start now we will spend the next two decades carrying on our debate on screening, and let down generations of men'
Doctors say it will also create a 'treasure trove' of data, samples and images that will help in the global fight against the disease, which kills 12,000 Brits every year.
Imagine being able to look inside a single cancer cell and see how it communicates with its neighbors. Scientists are celebrating a new technique that lets them study the fatty contents of cancer cells, one by one.
An influential panel lowered the recommended screening age to 40, but
May is recognized annually as Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Dermatology Specialists of Florida in Navarre will host free skin cancer screenings on Tuesday, May 21 to help detect skin cancer early in those adults who have not had a professional skin cancer screening within the past year.
Nothing lives forever, but compared to other cells in the body, hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are remarkably long-lived. HSCs are blood-forming cells—they give rise to rapidly dividing progenitor cells, which in turn generate hundreds of billions of cells to fulfill the daily demand of oxygen-delivering red blood cells, disease-fighting white blood cells and clot-forming platelets.
The drugs improve children’s response rate to treatment and survival time without the disease getting worse.
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) -- Arnot Health is offering free skin cancer screenings to the public on Melanoma Monday. Patients who do not currently have a dermatologist are invited to the Falck Cancer Center, located at 600 Roe Ave., from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on May 6 for the free screening. Dermatology and plastic surgery []
A study found that chemicals produced when eating junk food raised cancer risk. Junk foods like red meat and sugar could inhibit cancer-protecting genes. READ MORE: Large study finds these
Two Tata workers have raised nearly £2,000 in memory of their former steelworker father. Former steelworker Joe Campbell died last year and his two sons decided to do something to raise cash for Prostate Cancer UK in his memory. Mechanical engineering team leader David and crane resource team leader Ryan held several events for workers the Weldon Road plant in recent weeks. A quiz night raised £238.73 after a successful bake sale and ‘Wear it Blue’ event helped boost the total to £942.63. This...
Researchers have revealed the regulatory mechanism of a specific protein that plays a key role in balancing the immune response triggered by viral infections in mammal cells. These findings could help drive the development of antiviral therapies and nucleic acid medicines to treat genetic disorders. The research is published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.