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The cold hard reality of economics has sparked a nationwide shortage in life-saving cancer drugs

The supply of three key generic chemotherapy drugs fell by nearly half in the space of one year, sparking one of the most acute shortages healthcare providers have seen.

Fortune

Father undergoing chemo for terminal brain cancer cycling 200 miles to Paris

Robert Seaward said he wanted to take on the cycle to give others with cancer ‘hope’.

The Independent UK

What you need to know about new research into treating cervical cancer

Here’s why this new development is monumental for cervical cancer patients.

The Independent UK

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Already approved drugs could cut risk of cervical cancer return, study finds

Trial involved short course of induction chemotherapy before standard chemoradiation treatment

The Guardian - UK

Scientists hail biggest cervical cancer breakthrough in 20 years

Short course of induction chemotherapy can slash risk of death by 35%

Evening Standard

Better use of existing drugs increases cervical cancer survival, study suggests

Researchers assessed whether a short course of induction chemotherapy before chemoradiation could reduce rates of relapse and death.

The Independent UK

FDA approves first-of-its-kind new ‘bubble’ treatment for liver cancer

Histotripsy could cause less harmful side effects compared to radiation and chemotherapy, experts say

The Independent UK

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Hope for bladder cancer patients as new drug combination doubles survival

Patients in east London trial lived twice as long as those who received chemotherapy

Evening Standard

Exercise is the prescription that every cancer patient deserves – and one they’re in control of

Mounting evidence shows even moderate exercise can be a valuable companion to cancer treatment

The Guardian - AU

Black and Brown breast cancer survivors spread message of advocacy: ‘Keep that appointment’

The Lurie Cancer Center Hispanic Breast Cancer Clinic and support groups, including Sisters Working It Out, offer patients of color health care access, community and hope.

Chicago Sun-Times

How do some cancer cells survive chemotherapy? Scientists find one way

Cancer treatment is costly, time-consuming, and painful. A new study suggests that the location of a gene in cancer cells' nucleus could be the cause of drug resistance to Taxol. Researchers found that a protein called lamin B receptor (LBR) helps keep the gene close to the nuclear envelope, making…

The Hindu

‘How can this devastating illness get no attention?’ MP Siobhain McDonagh on her sister’s fatal brain cancer

After former Labour general secretary Margaret McDonagh died, her sister decided to fight for better treatment and research

The Guardian - UK

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden details near-death experience amid breast cancer treatment

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden has revealed that she nearly died after she was rushed to hospital with sepsis and blood clots following her first two rounds of chemotherapy.

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden begins fifth round of chemotherapy

Strictly Come Dancing star Amy Dowden revealed she has begun her fifth round of chemotherapy in a new social media update amid her breast cancer battle.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Baby with rare blood cancer finally finds stem cell match: ‘A real pinch me moment’

Francis’s mother says son ‘is fine in himself at the moment’ despite undergoing chemotherapy

The Independent UK

Family’s ‘pinch me moment’ as baby with rare cancer enters remission

Francis’s mother Anna said her son ‘is fine in himself at the moment’ despite undergoing chemotherapy.

Newcastle Herald

Joannou credits family for surviving cancer and heart attack

"I was just forced to stop and think about death"

The Independent UK

‘I miraculously survived cancer during pregnancy - and now I’m giving birth again’

Sarah Boyd is ‘lucky and fortunate’ to be alive after being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer in August 2020

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From 1600BC to 21st-century breakthroughs: how much do you know about cancer research?

Whether it’s new drugs or pioneering ways to use them, our knowledge of cancer and its treatment is advancing all the time. Find out how much you know about the disease with this quiz

The Independent UK

Cancer patient ‘upset and angry’ after chemo session delayed due to NHS strikes

Flora White, 51, was told she has ‘months to live’ after she was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in March this year.

Zenger

Child Diagnosed With Eye Cancer After It Was Mistaken For Eczema

Amelia is doing fantastically now. You really wouldn’t notice that she only has sight in one eye.

The Independent UK

Cancer-hit dad who planned his own funeral defies doctors’ three-week life expectancy prognosis

Dennis Blackman, 62, was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia and given three weeks to live in March 2022.

The Times of India

Head, neck cancer: New genes that make patients resistant to chemotherapy identified

New genes have been identified that can change the way cancer treatments were being done until now. The study has been published in Molecular Cancer Journal.

Dynamite News

Researchers discover new genes that cause head, neck cancer patients to be resistant to chemotherapy

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have identified two new genes that make patients with head and neck cancer resistant to chemotherapy. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

Breakthrough as new drug promises to shield child cancer patients from hearing loss

A high number of children who get a certain cancer treatment suffer hearing loss

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