Priscilla Lynch talks to one of Ireland’s leading breast cancer experts Prof Arnie Hill about the latest clinical developments in the area, both at home and abroad.
Major breakthrough on cancer treatments
October 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A major breakthrough by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast could lead to more effective treatments for throat and cervical cancer. The discovery could see the development of new therapies, which would target the non-cancerous cells surrounding a tumour, as well as treating the tumour itself.
Cancer markers explored
September 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Findings from a new Trinity College Dublin study of drug-resistant ovarian cancer cells will increase understanding of molecular markers in drug-resistant ovarian cancer, with a view to improving clinical treatment.
Galway research teams identify roles for small RNA in breast cancer
August 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Two research labs in Galway have discovered a new genetic control system implicated in breast cancer.
Use of sunbeds causing 800 deaths every year
August 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Of the 63,942 new cases of cutaneous melanoma diagnosed each year in Europe, an estimated 3,438 (5.4 per cent) are related to sunbed use.
Tumour microenvironment is the key to new treatment
July 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Metastatic cancer research is increasingly focused not just on cancer cells but the cells that surround them, Dr Bill Hait, Head of Janssen’s Oncology Therapeutic Area, told Gary Culliton.
Ovarian cancer treatment breakthrough
July 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Priscilla Lynch looks at recent breakthroughs in treatment options for ovarian cancer, which has a high incidence and poor five-year survival rate in Ireland.
Aspirin linked with reduced mortality in breast cancer
June 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New research revealed at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) by Dr Thomas Ian Barron, supervisor to two Irish Cancer Society Research Scholars based at the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics at TCD, has shown that there is a significant association between high aspirin exposure and reduced breast cancer [...]
Breast brachytherapy is associated with higher risk of subsequent mastectomy
June 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A new study has shown that in a cohort of older women with breast cancer, treatment with brachytherapy compared with whole breast irradiation was associated with a higher risk of subsequent mastectomy, more frequent infectious and noninfectious postoperative complications, but no difference in survival.
Significant breakthrough for women with ER+HER2
May 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In an exclusive interview with IMT, President of the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group Dr Michael Gnant talks to Priscilla Lynch about the revolutionary results of a new combination treatment regime for advanced breast cancer patients.
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