The Latest Breaking News from Cancer

Young girl given just months to live after second heartbreaking cancer diagnosis

Lily Harley, 3, was tragically told by doctors that her Ependymomas cancer has returned.

Daily Record · Jan 17, 2023

Boy, 8, dies after vomiting was dismissed as a tummy bug - but it was a tumour

Little Isaiah Jarrett died just eight months after being diagnosed with a type of brain tumour, leaving his loved ones devastated

Wales Online · Jan 17, 2023

Boy, 8, dies after 'stomach bug' turns out to be aggressive brain tumour

Isaiah Jarrett, from Birmingham, had been suffering from what doctors believed was gastroenteritis, it is claimed, but eventually a CT scan was done and it was found he had a brain tumour

Daily Mirror · Jan 17, 2023

Can we transform cancer cells back to normal cells? This therapy could pave the way

How cells become cancerous is a process researchers are still trying to understand fully.

Inverse · Jan 16, 2023

Stopping the cancer cells that thrive on chemotherapy – research into how pancreatic tumors adapt to stress could lead to a new treatment approach

As with weeds in a garden, it is a challenge to fully get rid of cancer cells in the body once they arise. They have a relentless need to continuously expand, even when they are significantly cut back by therapy or surgery. Even a few cancer cells can give rise…

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2023

Boy dies after golf ball-sized brain tumour misdiagnosed as stomach bug

Isaiah Jarrett, eight, died eight months after being diagnosed with medulloblastoma following bouts of extreme vomiting

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

Jill Biden's skin cancer could fuel advocacy in cancer fight

First lady Jill Biden's advocacy for curing cancer didn't start with her son's death in 2015 from brain cancer

The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023

Devastation after 88-year-old's body found in canal weeks after going missing

Ron Roose went missing on November 27 - his body was tragically found almost six weeks later

Manchester Evening News · Jan 16, 2023

Celtic hero Frank McGarvey to be laid to rest, with fans able to watch funeral

Frank McGarvey passed away on January 1, following a battle against pancreatic cancer

Daily Record · Jan 16, 2023

Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd to begin further treatment for rare blood cancer

"It’s obviously my ambition to get back to normal both for me as an individual and as a Member of Parliament"

Manchester Evening News · Jan 16, 2023