To mark International Clinical Trials Day this year we speak to Dr Meriel Jenney, Chair of the NCRI Children’s Cancer…
Interview with Dr Jenny Seligmann, trainee member of the NCRI Colorectal Group
'Dr Jenny Seligmann is a Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Clinical Trials Fellow and medical oncology specialist based at the Leeds Clinical Trials…
Naturally high oestrogen levels may reduce women’s bowel cancer risk after menopause
'Women with naturally higher levels of the sex hormone oestrogen are more than 50 per cent less likely to develop…
Scotland’s youth missing out on trials of cancer treatment
'Children and Young Adults with cancer in Scotland have fewer clinical trials available to them compared with the UK as…
Scientists discover how to better map brain tumours
'SCIENTISTS have discovered a protein that helps map the edge of brain tumours more clearly so they show up on…
Different types of ovarian cancer have different causes
'The more children a women has or whether a women has had her fallopian tubes cut lowers the risk of…
Around a fifth of unvaccinated ethnic school girls think they don’t need hpv jab
'Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)…
Women are unaware of alcohol and obesity breast cancer risks
'Most women questioned in a survey were unaware that drinking alcohol or being obese could increase their risk of developing…
Gene switches could predict when breast cancers will spread to the brain
'Scientists have found a pattern of genetic ‘switches’ – chemical marks that turn genes on or off – that is…
Patients with emergency-diagnosed lung cancer report barriers to seeing GP
'Many patients whose lung cancer is diagnosed as an emergency in hospital reported difficulties in previously seeing their GP, according…
Half of smokers using Liverpool stop smoking services used electronic cigarettes
'Over half the smokers using the Liverpool Stop Smoking Service have tried electronic cigarettes (51.3 per cent). Of these, nearly…
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…