Pages tagged with: cancer

Be Clear on Cancer

This campaign is for both men and women over 50+ and highlights the importance for the need to check for blood in their pee.

Enhanced care of the patient requiring systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) (diploma and degree level)

The University of Plymouth's 'Enhanced care of the patient requiring systemic anti-cancer therapy' module gives you a comprehensive understanding of the range and complexity of influencing factors in the delivery of care to patients requiring chemotherapy

Specialist cancer care (degree level)

University of Plymouth offers this 'Specialist cancer care' module in partnership with University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust to enable you to become competent in all aspects regarding the specialist treatment and care of those with cancer.

Turning the Tide 2019

What's on at the University of Plymouth: Turning the Tide 2019. National Cancer Conference. University of Plymouth, 12-13 July 2019.

12 Jul 2019

Professor co-authors paper on landmark bladder cancer trial

Professor Syed Hussain, Chair in Oncology, has co-authored a paper detailing the largest randomised control trial of the effectiveness of drug Atezolizumab in metastatic bladder cancer in a second-line setting.

Cancer

University of Plymouth Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry's internationally recognised translational research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer

‘Breasts as you’ve never seen them before’ – exhibition of prosthetics to challenge our assumptions

'Becoming' by Rosie Brave will display alternative prosthesis designs for women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer. The show takes place in the Second Floor Roland Levinsky Gallery from 15-29 March 2019.

Genetic Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Research Group

Plymouth University's Genetic Toxicology & Ecotoxicology Research Group: We work across a wide range of themes including cancer biology, radioecology, molecular and in vitro toxicology, ecotoxicology and aquatic biology

Cancer

University of Plymouth research: cancer research in the Biomedical Research Group in the University of Plymouth's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry.

High levels of carcinogenic chemical found in everyday consumer products

Writing in Science of the Total Environment, scientists from the University of Plymouth say high levels of the carcinogenic chemical cadmium can still be found in everyday household products

New insight into stem cell behaviour ‘highlights therapeutic target for cancer treatment’

Research led by the University of Plymouth & Technische Universität Dresden has identified a new therapeutic target for cancer treatment & tissue regeneration – a protein called Prominin-1. This study is peer-reviewed, experimental, conducted in animals.

Hematopoiesis and immune cell cancer

Plymouth University research: Hematopoiesis and immune cell cancer. Research into the signalling mechanisms involved in hematopoiesis and the pathogenesis of leukaemia and lymphoma