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National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) 2019 Cancer Conference
November 03 - 05, 2019; Glasgow, United Kingdom
November 03 - 05, 2019Glasgow, United Kingdom
Conference News
NCRI 2019Cancer Patients 'Deserve Choice of Medically Assisted Dying'Patient autonomy, choice and control, and the potential role of clinicians, are central to whether UK cancer patients should be allowed access to medically assisted dying, argue experts.
Medscape News UK, November 17, 2019
NCRI 2019Final Frontier of AI in Clinical Diagnostics Getting CloserArtificial intelligence is already making significant improvements to clinical decision-making and cancer detection, according to UK data, even while the potential implications have yet to be fully realised.
Medscape News UK, November 11, 2019
NCRI 2019Men With BRCA2 Should Be Screened for Prostate CancerUpdates to European prostate cancer guidelines are already being considered after a major study shows that men carrying mutations of the BRCA2 gene have an increased risk for the disease at an earlier age.
Medscape Medical News, November 8, 2019
NCRI 2019Simple Blood-based Cancer Tests Show Early PromisePatients with breast cancer or brain tumours could soon be diagnosed at a much earlier stage and potentially achieve better treatment outcomes if the promise of two UK studies holds true.
Medscape News UK, November 7, 2019
NCRI 2019Could Home Test Replace 'Smear' for Cervical Screening?A small study shows that self-collected vaginal or urine samples can be used to detect precancerous cervical lesions, and could eventually replace the Pap 'smear' test.
Medscape Medical News, November 6, 2019
NCRI 2019Further Clues on Microbiome Link to Colorectal CancerTwo groups of researchers from Bristol not only identify a gut bacteria linked to an increased risk of colorectal cancer but also how the microbiome environment might promote metastasis.
Medscape News UK, November 6, 2019
NCRI 2019CA125 Test Detects Far More Ovarian Cancer Cases Than ThoughtThe thresholds for ovarian cancer detection in primary care with the CA125 blood test may need to be revised after UK researchers found it detects up to 20 times more cases than previously thought.
Medscape News UK, November 6, 2019
NCRI 2019Liver Cancer Rates Tripled Over 20 Years in EnglandEarlier diagnosis and the tackling of underlying risk factors are urgently needed if the dramatic increase in liver cancer and low cancer-specific treatment rates are to be reversed, say experts.
