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Liver cancer deaths have increased by around 50% in the last decade and have tripled since records began, according to the latest calculations by Cancer Research UK. New mortality data shows that there were around 5,700 deaths from liver cancer in 2017 in the UK, which is the highest ever yearly number of deaths recorded. […]
The researchers used the most advanced genomic and proteomic technologies available to tease out their proteogenomic characteristics, defined as genetic makeup (genomics), chemical modifications to DNA (epigenomics), messenger RNA located in cells that serves as template to make proteins (transcriptomics), and proteins (proteomics) and their modification by phosphate group (phosphoproteomics), a modification known to regulate […]
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, I knew nothing. I was the Jon Snow of boobs. (Somewhere Kit Harington is wincing). But after one lumpectomy, four biopsies, countless mammograms, ultrasounds and MRIs, I learned fast and furiously. Now, five years after my diagnosis, I sat down with Dr. Lisa Newman, breast surgeon […]
A research team led by Nagoya University has revealed that cells containing a protein called Meflin have a role in restraining the progression of pancreatic cancer, a type of cancer that is hard to treat with traditional anti-cancer drugs. The team has also shown that cancer progression can be limited by artificially increasing the amount […]
A mutant protein found in humans with colon cancer blocks a pathway that regulates proliferation and expansion of cells, increasing amounts of bacterial species associated with the development of colon cancer. These findings, showcasing the connection between bacteria in the microbiome and colon cancer, were published by a team of researchers from the George Washington […]
Mathew Knowles, father of singers Beyoncé Knowles-Carter and Solange Knowles, revealed his breast cancer diagnosis in a new interview and first-person account with Good Morning America Wednesday—and is using his platform to urge other men to get tested for the disease. Knowles, a 67-year-old music executive, explained that the first symptom he experienced was seeing spots […]
I was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma at 18. After countless GP appointments and hospital visits, my first feeling was one of relief. We finally knew what was wrong and I could be treated. It was only once the news properly sunk in that I realised what this meant – the risks of it not being […]
Hope for thousands of prostate cancer sufferers as trial finds a ‘precision’ drug can help incurable patients live almost four months longer Lynparza extended survival of men with advanced prostate cancer by 7.4 months That is more than double the NHS hormonal treatments (3.5 months) Lynparza works by targeting faulty DNA which helps cancer cells […]
When Marisa Strupp, 29, found a small bump on her inner labia in March 2018, she assumed it was just an ingrown hair. Due to the sensitive location of the bump, Marisa, from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, wanted to get it removed. She went to her doctor and dermatologist, who suggested there was nothing to worry about […]
Leukaemia-stricken girl, five, who has always wanted to be a tattoo artist lives out her dream as inking parlour gives her a one-day apprenticeship The girl, known only as Maja, is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia Charity ‘A Special Wish’ arranged for a local parlour to set up an apprenticeship Youngster drew a panda design, which […]