chemotherapy

Manchester scientists discover new window of opportunity to treat brain cancer

Posted in Medicine, Science on 11th Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller

Scientists have found a new window of opportunity to attack aggressive brain cancer with chemotherapy.

Scientists develop a drug to stop cancers resisting chemotherapy

Posted in Medicine, Science on 21st Nov, 2025
by Alexander Muller

“We discovered that macrophages guard the tumour and can block effects of chemotherapy,”

NHS offers new drug to stop children and teens losing hearing after chemotherapy

Posted in Medicine, Science on 31st Jan, 2025
by Alexander Muller

A first-of-its-kind drug that protects the hearing of babies, children and young people undergoing cancer treatment has been approved for NHS use in England, based on the results of one of trials.

NICE recommends pembrolizumab for advanced stomach cancers

Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2024
by Alex Muller

NICE has approved pembrolizumab for advanced gastric cancer, enhancing survival and delaying progression when combined with chemotherapy.

Drug-chemo combo increases cancer treatment efficacy

Posted in Medicine on 27th Aug, 2024
by Alex Muller

Combining a fatty acid synthase inhibitor with chemotherapy may enhance treatment efficacy for brain metastases from triple-negative breast cancer.