NHS recommended new treatment for some patients with advanced kidney cancer NICE, the healthcare guidance body issued new final draft guidance recommending axitinib (Inlyta, Pfizer), for advanced kidney cancer [1]. Renal cell carcinoma, a kidney cancer that starts in cells lining the small tubes that help to make urine. In the advanced state, cancer…
2011 figures for causes of cancer death in the EU28
New cancer statistics from Eurostat. Causes of cancer death in the EU28 in 2011 1 in 4 deaths caused by cancer in the EU28 Lung cancer main fatal cancer In the EU28 in 2011, cancer was the cause of death1 for 1.281 million persons, responsible for more than a quarter of all deaths (26.3%). Over…
UK – More options to tackle anaemia in cancer patients
Press release (embargoed) 00.01.25/11 More options for tackling anaemia in people with cancer Patients with cancer and anaemia and receiving chemotherapy can now have more treatments available through the NHS. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has updated its guidance to expand the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents or ESAs, that help boost…
Early diagnosis saves lives!
Early diagnosis helps save lives NICE updating guidance to support faster cancer diagnoses Delay spotting early signs and symptoms of cancer could cost lives of thousands of people in England and Wales each year. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is updating guidance to best support GPs and other primary healthcare professionals, and…
Health information and donations too!
Increase research finance with Dance! IRB (Institut de recerca biomèdica) Barcelona has produced a video to help support Health Research on Cancer, Diabetes and Alzheimer… Its main research fields. For every view of the COMPLETE video a donation will be made by published donors to its research. Remember every visit from you will be helping…
Managing consumers meat consumption
Meat consumption must take consumer dietary choices into account. Excessive meat consumption is believed to have a high impact on the environment and pose a risk factors for human diseases such as cancer and type II diabetes. A study by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Studies in VU University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, about consumer…
Winning combinations for precision cancer medicine
Event WIN 2014 Symposium, Marriott Rive Gauche Hotel, Paris,France, June 23/24, 2014 WINning combinations for precision cancer medicine. Breakthrough biomarker investigations and combined therapeutic approaches. Revised abstract dates and annnouncement poster prizes Abstract submission deadline is May 18, midnight CET. WIN Consortium has announced two best-poster-prizes for the WIN 2014 Symposium, each consisting of…
National Cancer Registry, Ireland – trends in bone cancer.
Latest report from the National Cancer Registry, Ireland on trends in bone cancer. Latest trends report diagnosed 35 cases per year in Ireland. Half all of tumours are located in the limbs, particularly in the legs and most cases are either osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma or Ewing’s sarcoma subtypes. …more and/or Download (pdf)
A long overnight success to defeat cervical cancer!
New therapy for women may reduce risk of the cervical cancer and generate a cure. Ian Hampsona a molecular virologist and an understanding the relationship between viruses and cancer, thinks that his team with his wife, Lynne, may have found a revolutionary therapy for women with pre cancerous cell changes in the cervix. At their…
International Childhood Cancer Day
International Childhood Cancer Day Tackling inequalities in paediatric cancer care and research across Europe Tuesday, 18th February 2014, European Parliament (Room 4Q2), Brussels, Belgium, Hosted by Mrs. Glenis Willmott, MEP Every year SIOPE marks International Childhood Cancer Day (15 February). Since 2011, our Society also organises a high-level event at the European Parliament in order…
