The stomach microbiome could play an important role in a person’s risk of tumour development, according to new research published in the journal PLoS Pathogens and funded by Worldwide Cancer Research. Professor Mark Pritchard, senior author and study lead from the University of Liverpool, said:...

Radiotherapy is one of the main forms of treatment against cancer. High energy rays are directed to the cancer-affected area in order to destroy the cancerous cells, in an attempt to cause as little damage as possible to healthy cells. However, when the beams are fired at the tumour from outside the...

New research shows that it could be possible to "mechanically" destroy cancer cells by filling them with clumps of microscopic magnetic particles that are then rotated by a magnetic field in order to blast apart the cancer cells. The early study conducted by international scientists at the Univer...