Oncology News Today

17/10/2025

📰 NEWS: The The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust has become the first UK research site to open and recruit a patient to the international Gliofocus study, which aims to improve outcomes for people with glioblastoma

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The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust is trailblazing a new treatment for an aggressive form of brain cancer.

17/10/2025

📰 NEWS: A new drug combination could significantly delay the progression of a life-threatening form of prostate cancer in men with specific genetic mutations, finds a major international trial led by UCL researchers

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A new drug combination could significantly delay the progression of a life-threatening form of prostate cancer in men with specific genetic mutations, finds a major international trial led by UCL researchers.

15/10/2025

📰 NEWS: Suffering from psychological stress could further increase cancer risk in those already genetically predisposed to the disease, according to new research.

University of Brighton
The Institute of Cancer Research

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Suffering from psychological stress could further increase cancer risk in those already genetically predisposed to the disease, according to new research.

14/10/2025

📰 NEWS: New UK guidance presented last week at a leading liver conference reveals a serious gap in care, with estimates suggesting only around one in five patients who are eligible for liver cancer surveillance attend regularly

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New UK guidance published in Frontline Gastroenterology – which was presented last week at a leading liver conference – reveals a serious gap in care, with estimates suggesting only around one in five patients who are eligible for liver cancer surveillance attend regularly.

13/10/2025

📰 NEWS: A new study has revealed a promising therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer, offering new hope for people living with this disease.

The findings showed that a combination of two existing experimental treatments was more effective than either treatment used alone.

Researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research, London, led the study, and the findings were published in the journal Pharmaceutics. The research was funded by Pancreatic Cancer UK.

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A new study has revealed a promising therapeutic strategy for pancreatic cancer, offering new hope for people living with this disease.

10/10/2025

📰 NEWS: The CEO of the Global Alliance for Neurosurgical & Brain Cancer Research Innovations has released a heartfelt appeal for help as it launches a new fundraising campaign to expand its research and support programs

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The following article is by Nazar Vasyliv, Founder & CEO of the Global Alliance for Neurosurgical & Brain Cancer Research Innovations (GNCRI)

09/10/2025

📰 NEWS: The most advanced testing service for testicular cancer ever available has been launched in the UK.

The non-invasive testing has exceptional sensitivity in a broad range of men across ethnicities and ages and also detects cancer recurrences at ultra-high accuracy.

The service comprises the assessment of a range of biomarkers that can detect very early signs of the disease, enabling healthcare professionals to confirm presence or absence of testicular cancer in a small blood sample. Testicular can be treated very successfully if caught early.

The blood-based testing service has exceptional sensitivity in a broad range of men across ethnicities and ages and also detects cancer recurrences with ultra-high accuracy.

The testing service is being offered in the UK by EDX Medical, the Cambridge-based digital diagnostic company.

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The most advanced testing service for testicular cancer ever available has been launched in the UK.

08/10/2025

📰 NEWS: Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either guide immediate treatment or help match patients to clinical trials for over 15,000 women a year, say scientists at the University of Cambridge

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Whole genome sequencing offered to breast cancer patients is likely to identify unique genetic features that could either guide immediate treatment or help match patients to clinical trials for over 15,000 women a year, say scientists at the University of Cambridge.

06/10/2025

📰 NEWS: The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre has welcomed the first people to donate their stem cells for lifesaving transplants and research. Transplants help thousands of people each year with blood cancer or blood disorders

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The Anthony Nolan Cell Collection Centre has welcomed the first people to donate their stem cells for lifesaving transplants and medical research.

03/10/2025

📰 NEWS: RUH Bath launches compassionate cancer support policy

Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/ruh-launches-compassionate-cancer-support-policy/

Pictured: Baz Harding-Clark, RUH UNISON Bath Health Branch Secretary and Alfredo Thomson, RUH Chief People Officer

The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with Working With Cancer to develop a new policy to support RUH colleagues who are affected by cancer.

02/10/2025

📰 NEWS: Gene mutation linked to cancer may also cause spine problems, Dundee study reveals

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to new research from the University of Dundee.

Professor Kim Dale, Principal Investigator, and her team at the University’s School of Life Sciences have discovered that this mutation can disrupt how segments that later form the bones and muscle of the skeleton are established in early development. When this process goes wrong, it can lead to conditions such as congenital scoliosis – a sideways curvature of the spine.

Read more here: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/gene-mutation-linked-to-cancer-may-also-cause-spine-problems-dundee-study-reveals/

Image: Somitoids human stem cell based 3D models that mimic early embryos at different stages of development.

Credit: University of Dundee

A genetic mutation commonly found in cancer patients may also affect how the human body develops in the womb, according to new research from the University of Dundee.

01/10/2025

📰 NEWS: Pioneering initiative unveils world-class research teams hoping to take on cancer’s toughest challenges

Twelve leading research teams from around the world have been shortlisted for Cancer Grand Challenges’ fifth funding round, vying for the chance to win up to £20 million each to tackle cancer’s most formidable challenges.

Leading scientists involved in the initiative have called for global funding partners to enable more research and drive breakthroughs that traditional models cannot achieve.

Read more: https://oncologynewstoday.co.uk/pioneering-initiative-unveils-world-class-research-teams-hoping-to-take-on-cancers-toughest-challenges/

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