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NCRI Festival press releases (2021)
New symptoms identified that could help doctors diagnose pancreatic cancer
- Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer – Wed MD
- Two New Symptoms That Could Point to Pancreatic Cancer – US News
Children in the UK and Ireland still diagnosed later with larger kidney cancers than in rest of Europe
- UK children facing longer wait for diagnosis of kidney cancer – Herald Scotland
- Training Needed in UK to Spot Child Kidney Cancers Earlier – Medscape
Pilot study reveals the benefits of ‘whole genome sequencing’ for children with cancer
- Genome sequencing set to improve chances of children with cancer – The Times
- Examining genes of children with cancer will ‘help more survive’ – MSN
- Examining genes of children with cancer will `help more survive´ – Mail Online
- Whole Genome Sequencing Can Improve Childhood Cancer Care – Medscape
Does ethnicity play a role in survival from brain tumours?
- White British brain tumour patients ‘more likely to die in a year’ – The Guardian
- Brain cancer ‘deadlier to white Britons than other ethnic groups’ – The Times
- White Brits are more likely to die within a year from brain cancer than any other ethnic group, according to new study – Daily Mail
- White British brain tumour patients ‘more likely to die in a year’ – MSN
Data available for training AI to spot skin cancer are insufficient and lacking in pictures of darker skin
- AI skin cancer diagnoses risk being less accurate for dark skin – The Guardian
- Skin of Color Underrepresented in Datasets Used by AI to Identify Skin Cancer – Medscape
Blood tests predict which prostate cancer patients are resistant to chemotherapy drug
- Blood test may help in treating prostate cancer – The Times
- Blood tests may boost prostate cancer survival – Daily Mail
- Liquid Biopsy Predicts Prostate Cancer Docetaxel Resistance – Medscape
Simple, cheap urine test can detect urothelial cancers in Lynch Syndrome patients
Fewer cases of children’s cancer picked up during COVID pandemic
- Alarm over ‘serious’ delays in diagnosing childhood cancer in England – The Guardian
- Concern over 17% dip in number of children getting diagnosed with cancer during first wave of pandemic – Daily Mail
Other coverage…
- NCRI 2021: Cancer researchers reconvene virtually for UK’s largest cancer conference – The ICR
- The year 2035: What is the future of cancer research and treatment? – The ICR