Pink drink is helping surgeons spot aggressive brain cancers… by making tumours ‘glow in the dark’

A high-tech ‘pink drink’, swallowed hours before surgery, is helping surgeons spot aggressive brain cancers, by making tumours glow in the dark.  The innovation, now being used by neurosurgeons across the UK, doubles the chances doctors will find – and remove – all the cancer, halting progression of the disease.  The drink, called Gliolan or … Read more

Half of advanced cancer patients given new drug saw their tumours stop growing or disappear

Half of advanced cancer patients given new drug saw their tumours stop growing or disappear completely as first clinical trial provides ‘encouraging’ results Researchers in the UK tested berzosertib on 40 patients with advanced tumours Despite being an early trial to evaluate safe dosage, results were ‘encouraging’ Berzosertib works by blocking the protein in cancer cells that … Read more

Woman who had 16 brain tumours thought her headaches were down to her being a new mother

A woman who had 16 brain tumours admits she thought her headaches and sleepless nights were down to her being a new mother. Lisa Shurety, 39, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, was given just five months to live when cancerous tumours were discovered in her brain, pelvis and lungs after she collapsed in February 2018.  The … Read more

Experimental cancer vaccine that teaches the body destroy tumours sends patients into remission

A cancer vaccine that teaches the body to fight tumours has put three lymphoma patients into remission. The vaccine is injected directly into the tumour and teaches the immune system to destroy it, as well as seek other cancerous cells.  Researchers tested it on 11 patients with lymphoma and said some were in full remission … Read more

Mother, 35, covered head-to-toe in thousands of tumours

A mother whose body is covered in thousands of tumours has told how strangers regularly hurl abuse at her in the street. Ashley Jernigan, of Montgomery, Alabama, suffers from an aggressive form of the genetic disorder neurofibromatosis.  The 35-year-old was diagnosed when she hit puberty and the condition quickly left her entire body covered in lumps. … Read more

Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny copper particles

Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny toxic copper particles and super-charging the animals’ immune systems Researchers used tiny amounts of a metal which is known to be toxic to cells They injected it into tumours and boosted the immune system for a double effect When tumour cells were … Read more