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COVIDSurg gathers evidence on the safety of surgery during COVID-19

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21 December 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in rapid reductions in elective surgery, including surgery as a treatment for head and neck cancer.…

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Dramatically reducing the need for surgery in head and neck cancer

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03 February 2020

Surgery as the standard of care to monitor head and neck cancer The PET-NECK study set out to investigate if…

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Investigating kinder treatments in head and neck cancer

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14 June 2019

PATHOS is a trial investigating kinder treatments for head and neck cancer patients. It looks at treatment after surgery for…

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The journey of TORPEdO – the UK’s first proton beam therapy clinical trial

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24 May 2019

Dr David Thomson, Consultant Clinical Oncologist at The Christie Hospital in Manchester is the Chief Investigator for the TORPEdO (TOxicity…

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Patients with low risk thyroid cancer can receive lower doses of radiation treatment

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05 November 2018

Thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning can be treated safely with a smaller amount of…

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Interview with Dr Paul Nankivell, member of the NCRI Head & Neck Group

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27 June 2018

As well as being a member of our Head & Neck Group, Paul is also a Senior Clinical Lecturer and…

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Test could diagnose oesophageal cancer 8 years earlier

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06 November 2017

A new genetic test could help diagnose oesophageal cancer up to 8 years before symptoms appear in people at a…

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Swallowing a sponge on a string could replace endoscopy as pre-cancer test

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04 November 2014

Swallowing a sponge on a string could replace traditional endoscopy as an equally effective but less invasive way of diagnosing…

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HPV test for oral cancers may improve patient outcomes and treatments

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03 November 2012

A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right…

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Class of breast cancer drugs could treat other types of cancer

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09 November 2011

A CLASS of drugs used to treat breast cancers which overproduce a protein called HER2 could also treat other types…

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Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time

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08 November 2011

NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from…

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