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This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46782190 By BBC Healthcare News Scientists believe they may have found a way to make cancer chemotherapy treatment less toxic to the body. They have begun testing a tiny sponge that sits inside a vein and removes excess chemo drugs from the blood once they have attacked the target tumour. Experts…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46784582 By Nick Triggle Health correspondent The NHS in England has published a 10-year plan setting out what it will be prioritising in the future. It comes after ministers announced the budget will be increased by £20bn a year by 2023. The 136-page plan will see money shifted from hospitals to mental health and the…
This article was take from: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/antibody-discovery-offers-breakthrough-in-breast-cancer-fight-a4019301.html By Ross Lydall Women with one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer have been offered new hope after a breakthrough by London scientists. A team at King’s College London has found that targeted antibody therapies could bring long-awaited advances for those with “triple negative” breast cancer, which has fewer…
This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-46541377 By BBC Health News Cancer patients in Wales are to begin receiving proton therapy treatment on the NHS after a treatment centre was given the go-ahead by health boards. The Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales was the first to offer the treatment in the UK when it opened in April. But until…
This article was taken from: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/12/12/men-risk-prostate-cancer-could-spared-needless-surgery/ By Laura Donnelly, health editor Men at risk of prostate cancer will be spared needless biopsies and surgery under new guidance for the NHS. Instead, those with suspected disease will be asked to undergo MRI scans, which could allow one quarter of cases to be given the all-clear without further tests. Research…