‘Tantalising’ new method of treating cancer by removing amino acid found in meat, fish and eggs from patient’s diets is uncovered in mouse study Serine is a protein building block that cancer cells require in extra amounts Lowering levels of the amino acid thus has the potential to inhibit tumour growth Many cancer cells, however, a … Read more
An amateur builder whose wife is battling skin cancer spent £275,000 transforming an ugly abandoned shed at the bottom of her parents’ garden into a stunning contemporary home in just 18 months on Grand Designs. Greg, from Kent, had recovered from a brain tumour when he met Georgie, who has had a brain tumour, thyroid … Read more
A common parasite spread by cats may increase your risk of developing brain cancer, scientists have warned. The parasite, called toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii), is usually spread to humans through contact with cat faeces, or by eating undercooked meat. Most people who become infected with the parasite are not aware of it, and will not … Read more
Siegfried Fischbacher, 81, ‘is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer’ and is at home following ‘a 12-hour operation’ to remove tumor… nine months after Roy died from COVID-19 By Tracy Wright For Dailymail.com Published: 19:59 GMT, 11 January 2021 | Updated: 20:15 GMT, 11 January 2021 Siegfriend Fischbacher, 81, is ‘terminally ill with pancreatic cancer,’ according … Read more
Professor Clare Turnbull, from the Institute of Cancer Research and an NHS consultant in clinical cancer genetics, warned today that delaying cancer treatment to focus on coronavirus will ‘quite simply’ cost lives A top expert warned today that delaying cancer treatment to focus on coronavirus will ‘quite simply’ cost lives, after it emerged the NHS is … Read more
NHS hospitals are treating less than HALF the cancer patients they usually would as coronavirus surge overwhelms hospitals Around 10,000 fewer non-Covid patients in hospitals compared with December Three times as many frontline health workers are off sick compared to last year More than 3,800 cancer patients have been waiting over 62 days for treatment … Read more
Family devastated as girl, 10, loses cancer battle after being robbed of the chance to be treated abroad due to the Covid pandemic Eva Williams, of Wrexham, North Wales, had been due to fly to New York in April She passed away on Friday after her family raised £300,000 for her treatment Covid travel restrictions meant … Read more
Bowel cancer sufferers could soon be spared surgery that leaves them needing a stoma bag for the rest of their lives. Following pioneering research by NHS experts, thousands will be offered a two-part treatment, which involves a short, sharp burst of radiotherapy, followed by a 60-minute op involving no external incisions. Patients can be free … Read more
Hundreds of cancer operations in London are being cancelled as the city is inundated with Covid patients, according to reports. Mayor Sadiq Khan today declared a major incident with a stark warning that the capital’s hospitals would run out of beds – as the number of people infected with coronavirus reached one person in 30 … Read more
Family raffle off their £180,000 Lake District home for £2.50 a ticket to help cancer charity after their three-year-old daughter was struck down by the disease Samantha Wilkinson, 36, is raising money for Neuroblastoma UK with the raffle In 2018, her then 19-month-old daughter Oonagh was diagnosed with cancer Family, from Dalton-on-Furness, selling 120,000 raffles for … Read more