By Lloyd Mudiwa. A new research study has made a breakthrough into how cancer cells ‘hijack’ platelets, enabling cancer to spread around the body and promoting the growth of new tumours, according to the findings presented at the annual RCSI Research Day last week. The findings of this significant new study will inform the development [...]
A key public health requirement to encourage more women aged over 50 to present for breast and cervical cancer screening has been identified. Gary Culliton spoke to Dr Ann O’Doherty, BreastCheck’s Clinical Director.
More than one-third of people surveyed in Northern Ireland (34 per cent) do not present to their doctor immediately on noticing a cancer symptom because they are worried about wasting the doctor’s time.
Breast and colorectal cancer screening should be targeted towards patients with a life expectancy greater than 10 years; for any shorter life expectancy, the harms are likely to outweigh the benefits, concluded a study published on bmj.com.
Prof Joe Duffy of University College Dublin and St Vincent’s University Hospital has received the 2012 Abbott Award of the International Society of Oncology and BioMarkers (ISOBM).
Irish Medical Times brings you the first in a series of articles on cancer trends from the National Cancer Registry, which this week is focusing on the area of thyroid cancer.
In a comparison of strategies for treating low-grade brain tumours, patients in Norway treated at a hospital that generally favoured early surgical resection had better overall survival than patients treated at a hospital that favoured biopsy and watchful waiting, according to a study appearing in JAMA.
The tobacco industry is using smartphone apps to promote its products, warn researchers in Tobacco Control, which appears to be violating Article 13 of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), which bans the advertising and promotion of tobacco products in all media.
In the treatment of patients with colorectal cancer, liver metastases (secondaries) are a common clinical challenge. If patients can undergo surgical removal of the liver metastases, long-term survival can be achieved.
Revolutionising cancer care and new chemotherapy approaches were discussed at the Inaugural Prof Gerry O’Sullivan Memorial Lecture in University College Cork, Irish Medical Times reports.
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