The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in rapid reductions in elective surgery, including surgery as a treatment for head and neck cancer.…
Dramatically reducing the need for surgery in head and neck cancer
'Surgery as the standard of care to monitor head and neck cancer The PET-NECK study set out to investigate if…
Investigating kinder treatments in head and neck cancer
'PATHOS is a trial investigating kinder treatments for head and neck cancer patients. It looks at treatment after surgery for…
The journey of TORPEdO – the UK’s first proton beam therapy clinical trial
'Dr David Thomson, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Christie Hospital in Manchester is the Chief Investigator for the TORPEdO (TOxicity…
Patients with low risk thyroid cancer can receive lower doses of radiation treatment
'Thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning can be treated safely with a smaller amount of…
Interview with Dr Paul Nankivell, NCRI Head & Neck Group trainee
'As well as being a member of our Head & Neck Group, Paul is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer and…
Test could diagnose oesophageal cancer 8 years earlier
'A new genetic test could help diagnose oesophageal cancer up to 8 years before symptoms appear in people at a…
Swallowing a sponge on a string could replace endoscopy as pre-cancer test
'Swallowing a sponge on a string could replace traditional endoscopy as an equally effective but less invasive way of diagnosing…
HPV test for oral cancers may improve patient outcomes and treatments
'A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right…
Class of breast cancer drugs could treat other types of cancer
'A CLASS of drugs used to treat breast cancers which overproduce a protein called HER2 could also treat other types…
Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time
'NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from…