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Jul 2023
Two Liverpool hospitals are helping to lead the way in this new field of medicine by way of clinical trials which owe much to the pioneering work carried out during the race to find a Covid vaccine. The cancer vaccine trials use the same mRNA technology as most Covid vaccines and operates on the…
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Jul 2023
Up until now, doctors have not been able to automatically prescribe two bowel cancer drugs on the NHS in England if patients had taken a break from them, but following a policy change, cancer patients can now continue taking life-saving drugs cetuximab and panitumumab. Prior to the rule change, if a patient took a…
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Jul 2023
For the first time on the NHS in England, premature babies can now routinely be given sight-saving drug treatment. Ranibizumab injections can stop scarring caused by unusual blood-vessel growth in the back of the eye and is an alternative to laser therapy, which s not always suitable for premature babies at risk of this…
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Jul 2023
A new form of AI technology that reduces the length of waiting time cancer patients face before starting radiotherapy is to be offered at cost price to all NHS trusts in England. The technology helps doctors calculate where to direct the therapeutic radiation beams to destroy cancerous cells while sparing as many healthy ones…
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Jul 2023
An independent enquiry has found that ambulance staff in the West Midlands have had their ability to speak up as whistle-blowers stifled for many years. West Midlands Ambulance Service accepts it has learning to do, but says the report expresses confidence in the service’s ability to address the issues raised. The whistle-blowers included…
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Jul 2023
A major cancer research project in memory of singer Sarah Harding will look for early signs of breast cancer in young women, becoming one of the first in the world to identify which women are at risk of getting the disease in their 30s. Currently, around 2,300 women aged 39 and under are diagnosed…
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