An electronic nose that detects chemicals in the breath of lung cancer patients can identify with 85% accuracy those who will or will not respond to immunotherapy, according to new research published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1]. The results of the first study to investigate this show that the eNose is […]
Category: Cancer
Antibodies against HPV16 can develop up to 40 years before throat cancer is diagnosed and mark a 100-fold increase in risk in white people
An international group of researchers has found that antibodies to the human papilloma virus type 16 (HPV16) develop in the body between six to 40 years prior to a clinical diagnosis of throat cancer, and their presence indicates a strong increased risk of the disease. The study, which is published in the leading cancer journal […]
Memory and thinking could be better protected in children with brain tumours if they are treated with proton therapy
Milan, Italy: A comparison of three types of radiotherapy for children’s brain tumours suggests that a type of proton therapy called pencil beam scanning offers the best hope of preserving cognitive functions. The study, presented at the ESTRO 38 conference, shows that this new form of radiotherapy delivers the lowest doses of radiation to the […]
Researchers identify ways to predict and avoid radiotherapy side effects: results from REQUITE study
Milan, Italy: Latest results from a project to discover what makes a cancer patient more likely to suffer adverse side-effects after radiotherapy have shown that a combination of biological markers and certain genetic changes can predict radiation sensitivity. In addition, the international team of researchers in the REQUITE project found further evidence to support an […]
Radiotherapy doubles survival for patients with mesothelioma
Milan, Italy: Mesothelioma patients are twice as likely to survive for two years or longer, if they are treated with a high dose of radiation to the affected side of the trunk, according to research presented at the ESTRO 38 conference. Mesothelioma is a rare but aggressive form of cancer that grows in the layers […]
Single dose of targeted radiotherapy is safe and effective for prostate cancer
Milan, Italy: A single high dose of radiation that can be delivered directly to the tumour within a few minutes is a safe and effective technique for treating men with low risk prostate cancer, according to a study presented at the ESTRO 38 conference. Radiotherapy traditionally involves a series of lower dose treatments that take […]
Radiotherapy after chemotherapy may improve survival for patients with advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Milan, Italy: Patients with advanced Hodgkin’s lymphoma who have large tumours at the time of diagnosis may benefit from radiotherapy after chemotherapy even when all traces of the cancer appear to have gone, according to late breaking results presented at the ESTRO 38 conference. Approximately 65-70% of patients with advanced stage Hodgkin’s lymphoma can be […]
Early, hormone-driven breast cancer is less likely to recur if treated with radiotherapy: results from ten years of follow-up
Milan, Italy: Women with early, low risk, hormone-driven breast cancer are less likely to have a recurrence of their disease if they have radiotherapy after surgery, as well as anti-hormone treatment, according to results from a trial that has followed 869 women for ten years. New findings from the 8A trial of the Austrian Breast […]
Researchers develop new method to detect cancerous DNA in lung cancer patients’ blood: an advance in liquid biopsies
A new method of determining the sequence of molecules in DNA can be used to detect small fragments of cancerous genetic material in blood samples from lung cancer patients with a high degree of accuracy, according to new research published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1]. Results from analyses of so-called “liquid […]
Overall death rates from breast cancer fall in the EU, but rise in Poland. Researchers predict 1.4 million deaths from all cancers in 2019
Death rates from breast cancer are predicted to fall in all European Union (EU) countries in 2019 with the exception of Poland, according to new research published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1]. In their annual predictions for cancer deaths in the EU, Carlo La Vecchia (MD), Professor at the School of […]