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Circulating tumour DNA provides early warning of metastatic breast cancer 

In high-risk hormone receptor positive breast cancer circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) was identified a median of one year before distant metastasis. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (4th June,…

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Lung cancer screening: 2022 could be a turning point for Europe

If cancer screening policies were driven purely by mortality rates and curability, then lung cancer would long have topped the priority list for population screening programmes. Accounting for almost one in every…

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EC publishes route map for tackling cancer

A plan from the European Commission provides a roadmap for Europe to tackle the entire cancer pathway from prevention to improving the quality of life for cancer survivors. The aim of the…

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Highlights of 2020 American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting

Like most 2020 meetings the 62nd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition, held 5-8 December, was hosted virtually. Due to meticulous planning, the format did not prevent delegates attending…

Interviews to the Expert

Liquid biopsy for early stage lung cancer moves closer

Interview with Christian Rolfo, MD, PhD, MBA, Dr.h.c. director of the Thoracic Medical Oncology and the Early Clinical Trials and Experimental Therapeutics Research Program investigator at the University of Maryland Marlene and…

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NHS England’s pilot of cancer screening blood test raises questions

The UK National Health Service (NHS) announced on the 27 November that it would be piloting an early detection multi-cancer blood test next year.  This represents an important advance because “every year,…