Oncology News Today

05/09/2025

📰 NEWS: Global organisations campaigning for the eradication of the asbestos hazard and support for the injured have come together to mount a new initiative: The International Mesothelioma Nurse Development Grant

Mesothelioma UK

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Global organisations campaigning for the eradication of the asbestos hazard and support for the injured have come together to mount a new initiative: The International Mesothelioma Nurse Development Grant.

04/09/2025

📰 NEWS: The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating receiving its re-accreditation from the Organisation of Cancer Institutes, meeting its quality standards for cancer care and research, and being re-designated as a comprehensive cancer centre

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The Christie is celebrating receiving its re-accreditation from the Organisation of Cancer Institutes (OECI), meeting its quality standards for cancer care and research, and being re-designated as a comprehensive cancer centre.

03/09/2025

📰 NEWS: Researchers have discovered a tiny chemical switch inside our cells that helps control whether they keep dividing or stop for good – a finding that could influence future cancer therapies

The Institute of Cancer Research

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Researchers have discovered a tiny chemical switch inside our cells that helps control whether they keep dividing or stop for good – a finding that could influence future cancer therapies and deepen our understanding of ageing.

02/09/2025

📰 NEWS: A new research consortium bringing together 15 organisations from across Europe aims to further develop upright radiotherapy treatment to improve patient comfort and accuracy

Sheffield Hallam University

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A new research consortium bringing together 15 organisations from across Europe aims to further develop upright radiotherapy treatment to improve patient comfort and accuracy.

01/09/2025

📰 NEWS: Researchers at Weston Park Cancer Centre have recruited some of the UK’s first patients into two new groundbreaking radiotherapy trials – including a UK first

🔗 Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/weston-park-cancer-centre-recruits-first-uk-patients-into-groundbreaking-radiotherapy-trials/

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Researchers at Weston Park Cancer Centre have recruited some of the UK’s first patients into two new groundbreaking radiotherapy trials – including a UK first.

29/08/2025

❗️ Don't miss your last chance to hear from world-leading experts at the International Urology Cancer Summit 2025

📍Online and in Portsmouth
📅 September 4 & 5

Register now: https://urologycancersummit.org

29/08/2025

📰 NEWS: Bladder cancer treatment doubling survival approved after Barts trial

Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/bladder-cancer-treatment-doubling-survival-approved-after-barts-trial/

Barts Health NHS Trust National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

A new treatment for bladder cancer, proven to double survival rates for people whose cancer has spread or cannot be removed by surgery, is now available on the NHS, offering hope to around 1,250 patients each year.

28/08/2025

📰 NEWS: Grant strengthens support for head and neck cancer patients across the UK

Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/grant-strengthens-support-for-head-and-neck-cancer-patients-across-the-uk/

The Swallows Head & Neck Cancer Support Group The Get A-Head Charitable Trust

Collaboration between two charities has been strengthened to ensure more people suffering the effects of head and neck cancer get support.

28/08/2025

📰 NEWS: New research reveals how combining viruses with targeted drugs can boost cancer-killing immune responses

Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/new-research-reveals-how-combining-viruses-with-targeted-drugs-can-boost-cancer-killing-immune-responses/

Pictured: The Targeted Therapy Group

The Institute of Cancer Research

Two studies have uncovered how combining a cancer-killing reovirus with targeted cancer drugs can dramatically boost immune responses and tumour destruction – offering a promising route to more effective, personalised cancer therapies.

28/08/2025

❗️Leading experts from all over the world will be sharing their expertise at this year's International Urology Cancer Summit

📍Online and in Portsmouth
📅 September 4 & 5

Find out more: https://urologycancersummit.org/programme-2025/

27/08/2025

❗️ Don't miss your chance to hear from world-leading experts at the International Urology Cancer Summit 2025

📍 Online and in Portsmouth
📅 September 4 & 5

Register now: https://urologycancersummit.org

27/08/2025

📰 NEWS: Leeds Teaching Hospitals helps identify new risk factor in childhood leukaemia relapse

Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/leeds-teaching-hospitals-helps-identify-new-risk-factor-in-childhood-leukaemia-relapse/

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust The Little Princess Trust

A previously overlooked type of circular DNA may help explain why some children with the most common leukaemia see their cancer return after treatment, according to landmark research published in Nature.