Cancer survival rates in the UK are lagging 10 to 15 years behind some other countries, according to new research. A pair of studies compared how often cancer patients are treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the UK to those…
Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl’s incurable cancer
A teenage girl’s incurable cancer has been cleared from her body in the first use of a revolutionary new type of medicine. All other treatments for Alyssa’s leukaemia had failed. So doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital used “base editing”…
Nigeria goalkeeper struggles to save her own life
Former Nigeria goalkeeper Bidemi Aluko has said she is unable to have chemotherapy for breast cancer as hospitals in Nigeria focus on treating coronavirus. After a diagnosis of breast cancer in January 2019, Aluko was braced for a-year-long session of…
*2 docked over alleged theft of goods worth N119,000 (Guardian) *FG demolishes illegal structures under Lagos bridges (Punch)
2 docked over alleged theft of goods worth N119,000 (Guardian) Two men- Mayowa Ayoola and Raphael Ojo, were on Friday docked before an Ikeja Magistrates’ over alleged theft of aluminium profile, valued at N119,000. Ayoola, 20, a casual worker…
Max Taylor: Man Utd defender gets first senior call-up following chemotherapy (BBC)
Manchester United defender Max Taylor has received his first senior call-up, 12 months after having chemotherapy treatment for testicular cancer. The 19-year-old has been named in a youthful squad for United’s Europa League group game against Astana in Kazakhstan on…
Breast cancer: Test means fewer women will need chemotherapy (BBC)
About 70% of women with the most common form of early stage breast cancer can be spared the “agony of chemotherapy”, researchers say. It follows trials of a genetic test that analyses the danger of a tumour. Cancer doctors said…