Chemotherapy

The way we dose chemotherapy is crude. Cancer patients can end up with bad reactions that put them off continuing treatment. A new AI tool aims to change that

Traditional clinical trials have been vital for improving cancer treatments for the last 70 years, but new data-driven approaches can enhance treatment for individuals and better allocate healthcare resources for everyone

The guidelines for treating early stage rectal cancer recommend immediate surgery, but research suggests some patients are having chemoradiotherapy before surgery that doesn’t benefit them

Medications and supplements aimed at preventing cancer, called chemoprevention, can lower the risk of the disease, but patients need to be clearly informed of the side effects. Here’s how.

By blocking a cancer cell’s access to the ‘fuel’ it needs to grow, researchers hope to develop a new therapy for prostate cancer

A new blood test for cancer patients identifies microscopic cancer DNA in the blood stream – which can tell us whether chemotherapy is necessary or not

Researchers have discovered that cancer treatments can help overcome growing resistance to a frontline antimalarial drug

For the first time, researchers have shown that alterations to two cell ‘pathways’ directly cause lung adenocarcinomas which could provide a breakthrough for its diagnosis and treatment

A chemotherapy breakthrough could improve outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients