Posts tagged cancer
Breast Cancer – Dissecting the Reputation.
Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the UK. Over half a million women in the UK have been diagnosed with it. As with any cancer, it’s a tough disease to deal with but the good news is that new developments mean that the trend of increased survival rates is set to continue.
The numbers of people with cancer in the UK are specified using two distinct terms: ‘prevalence’ and ‘incidence’. Whilst incidence refers to the number of new cases arising in a certain time period, cancer prevalence refers to numbers of people that have received a diagnosis of cancer and who are still alive at a given point. These two figures contribute to studying the extent of the disease and subsequent survival rates.
Best estimates suggest that there are approximately two million cancer survivors in the UK, or around 3.3% of the population. This figure is rising at an estimated 3.2% every year which is partly due to better detection rates and a far better survival statistic than say twenty years ago. It is also true that the UK has an aging population and more of us live to an age where we’ll be more susceptible to cancer. Indeed, over 10% of the total UK population over the age of 65 is now a cancer survivor. (more…)
Danny Baker Diagnosed with Cancer
Danny Baker said he would be back at work "once the quacks have soundly thrashed this thing"
BBC radio presenter Danny Baker has been diagnosed with cancer.
The broadcaster, who presents shows on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC London 94.9 said he would be starting chemotherapy this week, with further radiotherapy from January.
The 53-year-old apologised for withholding details of his illness when he was recently absent from his shows.
“Once the quacks have soundly thrashed this thing I shall return like a rare gas and as if out of a trap,” he said in a statement to listeners. (more…)
TED: Can We Eat to Starve Cancer
Via the super TED website
MAGIC BULLET CANCER ‘CURE’
The common virus is injected into patients and boosts their immune systems, blasting away tumours
Experts have hailed the new drug, made from a harmless bug that can cause stomach upsets, as a major new weapon in the battle to find a cure for cancer.
Early evidence from a trial carried out in patients with advanced, untreatable cancers who had stopped benefiting from radiotherapy has seen remarkable results.
The simple injection has stopped the spreading of the deadly disease in its tracks and has even successfully reversed its growth.
In one remarkable case, a man who had a large tumour mass saw it shrink enough to be surgically removed. Another patient with the most deadly form of skin cancer which had spread was still alive 17 months after treatment started.
Study leader Dr Kevin Harrington from the Institute of Cancer Research in London said: “A magic bullet depends on how you would define a magic bullet, but if you mean a treatment that can kill cancer cells and leave normal cells unscathed, then it has that property.”
The common virus is injected into patients and boosts their immune systems, blasting away tumours. (more…)
