Tag: cancer research

Cancer in the news

It looks like all of that money we’ve been putting in tins, all of those bags taken to cancer research shops, all of the sponsored walks and swims and cycles and silences, all of that consenting to trials and donating ourselves to medical research, is paying off.
There may be a drug to help with pancreatic [...]

One in eight

When I was first diagnosed with a breast cancer, I stumbled through leaflets, websites, and conversations about my new dance partner, horrified at my own ignorance about a disease that, it turned out, affected one in nine women in the UK.
I remember thinking about that statistic as I walked to the hospital one day. I [...]

I can fly

I like to keep on top of what’s what on Planet Cancer, and yesterday I found an article about some research about breast cancer survivors carried out by the University of Alberta. The study looked at the risk of lymphedema brought on by changes in cabin pressure when flying. (Lymphedema is chronic or permanent swelling [...]