Latest news Back to 'Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences' Experts in Dubai finalise surgical guidelines that will save thousands of lives DescriptionResearch experts gathered medical professionals from around the world in Dubai to finalise international surgical guidelines that will help to save thousands of lives in low and middle income countries.Date:15/01/2020 Complex innovative trials: Authors call for new guideline adoption to get medicines to patients faster DescriptionComplex Innovative Design (CID) trials could be transformed for the better, following the publication of recommendations, published on Monday 6 January in the British Journal of Cancer.Date:06/01/2020 Study finds new non-invasive technique to assess brain tumours in children and make treatment less toxic DescriptionGround-breaking research by the University of Birmingham has discovered a new technique to assess the aggressiveness of childhood brain tumours.Date:03/01/2020 Young women in UK face unnecessary surgery for suspected appendicitis DescriptionThousands of young women are unnecessarily admitted to UK hospitals and undergo surgery they do not need each year in the NHS, a new study reveals.Date:04/12/2019 Leading neurosurgeon highlights importance of brain tumour research DescriptionProfessor Colin Watts, Chair of the Birmingham Brain Cancer Program, highlights the importance of brain tumour research.Date:25/10/2019 Anti-malarial drug can make cancer chemotherapy more effective DescriptionScientists at the University of Birmingham have found an anti-malarial drug was effective in treating head and neck cancer in mice.Date:25/09/2019 Birmingham researcher awarded 1st prize for oral presentation at prestigious annual scientific meeting DescriptionMonica Nafria, PhD student in the Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, has been awarded 1st prize for best oral presentation at the International Society for Experimental Haematology annual meeting.Date:14/09/2019 Removing cancer's protective barrier could boost immunotherapy treatments DescriptionUniversity of Birmingham scientists may have found a way to pull down the protective wall that surrounds tumours, potentially re-exposing them to the killing power of the immune system and immunotherapy treatments.Date:27/08/2019 Birmingham collaboration awarded international MRC Newton Fund prostrate cancer grant DescriptionAn international team from the University of Birmingham and the University of Nottingham in the UK and the Kenya Medical Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya, has been awarded £660,000 to study prostate cancer.Date:07/08/2019 Three Birmingham scientists awarded £4 million by Cancer Research UK DescriptionThree researchers from the University of Birmingham have been awarded more than £4 million by Cancer Research UK for their work to investigate new personalised cancer treatments.Date:07/08/2019 Displaying 1 to 10 of 105 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next