by John McMillan | Feb 20, 2026 | Cancer
Ahmed Elbediwy, Kingston University and Nadine Wehida, Kingston University Cancer treatment follows a familiar pattern: doctors spot symptoms, diagnose the disease and start treatment. But scientists are now exploring a radical shift in how we tackle cancer. Instead...
by John McMillan | Jan 30, 2026 | Cancer, Health
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. For years, epidemiologists have noticed that people with cancer seem less likely to develop Alzheimer’s,...
by John McMillan | Dec 19, 2025 | Cancer
Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick When I worked on the latest Global Burden of Disease cancer study, a global project that tracks cancer patterns and deaths across countries, I found myself pausing as the numbers loaded on the screen. Even as a scientist used to...
by John McMillan | Nov 14, 2025 | Cancer
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Grey hair is an inevitable hallmark of ageing. It’s a visual reminder of the passing years and all the bodily changes that accompany it. But emerging scientific research is challenging this simple narrative – revealing that...
by John McMillan | Oct 24, 2025 | Cancer
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Cancer treatment has come a long way, but many of today’s therapies still come with steep costs: not just financial, but physical and emotional too. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy remain vital tools, yet they often damage...
by John McMillan | Oct 3, 2025 | Cancer
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Removing lymph nodes during cancer surgery has saved countless lives in many tumour types. Yet recent research is challenging parts of this long-standing practice. Imagine your body’s immune defences as a city, and lymph nodes...
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