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World Pancreatic Cancer Day 2019
21st November 2019
This World Pancreatic Cancer Day, hear from some of our researchers about what they are working on to help combat this devastating cancer type.
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Stepping behind the scenes
19th November 2019
Last month, Barts Cancer Institute’s Dr Bela Wrench hosted a session as part of the Bloodwise Lab Tour Programme, aimed at bringing current and potential supporters closer to research funded by the charity and to demonstrate the impact they can have in the fight against blood cancer.
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Self-sampling test detects cervical pre-cancer
7th November 2019
Researchers from the Centre for Cancer Prevention have developed a non-invasive test to detect cervical pre-cancer by analysing urine and vaginal samples women collect themselves.
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Call for genetic screening for all breast cancer patients
3rd October 2019
A lifetime model evaluating the financial, health and social impact of multigene testing at diagnosis for all breast cancer patients was found to save lives and be extremely cost-effective for both UK and US health systems.
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KEYNOTE-522: Immune therapy for breast cancer
30th September 2019
Results of an interim analysis from the KEYNOTE-522 trial have shown a treatment combination of immunotherapy plus chemotherapy to improve response rates in patients with early triple-negative breast cancer. Prof Peter Schmid presented the results at the ESMO Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.
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Urine test for pancreatic cancer starts clinical study
25th September 2019
A urine test that can detect early stage pancreatic cancer has reached the final stage of validation before being developed for use with patients. If successful, this non-invasive urine test would be the first in the world to help clinicians detect the highly lethal cancer at an early stage – enabling many more people to have surgery to remove their tumour, which is currently the only potentially curative treatment.
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