3 d. ago Covid vaccines may increase the lifespan of cancer patients – this could be a game changer | Devi Sridhar

A study suggesting mRNA vaccines help the body fight malignant cells raises the tantalising prospect of a low-cost, low-risk treatment that could help with all cancersI’m often asked whether we’re better prepared for the next pandemic. It’s a mixed answer, but the bright spot is scientific progress on vaccines. The Covid vaccines were produced faster than any previous effort, and are credited with saving millions of lives from 2021 onwards. The mRNA vaccines – Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna – were designed within days of the Sars-CoV-2 genome being published in January 2020, and went into safety trials over the following months before finally being approved in the UK at the end of 2020.But could they have additional benefits? According to a recent study published in Nature, mRNA vaccines seem to trigger a powerful immune response that increases the median survival time by about 75% for certain cancer patients. These findings – which are being further developed – could indicate the powe...

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6 d. ago Cancer survivor reveals she's 'treated like a criminal' at airports while travelling with life

Nicole Trimboli, 51, from Australia, first beat Hodgkin's Lymphoma in 2006, only to face a second devastating diagnosis of bowel cancer in 2021.

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1 week ago Women who have a mastectomy could be spared radiotherapy after trial found it makes no difference to breast cancer survival

Chest wall radiotherapy is the standard treatment for many patients with early-stage disease who have had their breasts removed and been put on anti-cancer drugs.

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2 w. ago Sean Bean's wife's hidden health battle: Actor's fifth spouse and 'warrior' Ashley Moore, 40, bravely shared cancer journey alongside picture in hospital bed

After four failed marriages, Sean Bean almost gave up on lasting love before meeting 'the one', his fifth wife Ashley Moore. But few people are aware that the actor's spouse, 40, is a cancer survivor.

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2 w. ago How a bug could bring your breast cancer back: Leading professor reveals chilling link between the flu and women in remission

For most people, becoming infected with a respiratory virus usually leads to unpleasant but temporary symptoms. But for some cancer survivors these viruses may be more horrifying.

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3 w. ago Docs thought my back pain was a running injury and sent me to physio – now I have just 9% chance of surviving cancer

CLARA Cirks was just 30 years old when she was told she had a nine per cent chance of surviving. The first clues she was sick with an incurable disease was back pain that she had been reassured was linked to running, and she hadn’t wanted to keep bothering her GP. But with other symptoms...

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3 w. ago I decided to adopt a child as a single person after surviving stage four cancer

Jenna faced barriers in her adoption journey being a single person but as soon as she saw her now daughter she knew she was the one

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3 w. ago 'I survived cervical cancer but life changed forever when doctors gave me painkillers'

Stevie Davis has detailed her experience of overcoming several major battles in her life including those with cervical cancer and an addiction to the painkiller co-codamol

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