Tag: wellness
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Bevacizumab – A useful treatment for Colorectal Cancer in combination with chemotherapy
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer globally (World Health Organisation, 2026). It is more common in the male population, and the risk increases with age. It is estimated that 35, 000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer in England annually (National Institute for Health Care and Excellence, 2025). The National Health Service bowel…
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New Monoclonal Antibodies For The Treatment Of Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer presents the highest rate of morbidity and mortality due to its non-specific symptoms in the early stages and its silent nature. Since the invention of hybridoma technology in 1975 by Köhler and Milstein to generate murine monoclonal antibodies, a mass effort was made to design new engineering strategies to maintain demand, efficacy, and…
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Do low and middle-income countries increase cancer death rates?
The World Health Organisation has reported that over 70% of cancer deaths globally disproportionately occur in low and middle-income countries (LMIC). The rising global burden is caused by profound inequitable challenges from limited healthcare resources, lack of public awareness of cancers and their prevention, and inadequate training of healthcare staff, which creates a fragile health…
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The Role Of Artificial Biomarkers In The Diagnosis And Treatment Of Neurological Tumours
The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had a mass transformative effect in shifting healthcare to a positive enlightenment, particularly in neuro-oncology, where it empowered healthcare professionals to diagnose patient cases more efficiently, strengthen prognosis, and enable real-time monitoring and treatment planning (Khalighi et al., 2024). This helped improve the overall clinical outcomes of cancer…
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Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials
Cancer Research UK is the UK’s leading cancer charity that holds a prominent stance and multiple pioneering work in developing a better understanding of cancer, diagnosing and treating cancer with the hope of eliminating forms of cancer, preventing people developing it through early detection and awareness of its risk factors and causes and every patient…
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A Novel Genetic Test Using Nanopore-based assay
Nanopore genetic sequencing is an innovative technique where the graphical interface software Rapid nanpOre Brain IntraoperatIve classificatioN (ROBIN) presents sequencing results of patients in real-time as data is being analysed and interpreted from a single assay (Deacon et al., 2025). The World Health Organisation (WHO) classification of tumours of the central nervous system (CNS) has…
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Recent Advances In CAR T Cell Therapy
McMaster University (2024) announced that a pre-clinical animal (xenograft) model study led by the Singh Lab has discovered that chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) CAR-T cell therapy may be used to treat glioblastoma, a malignant brain cancer. Current treatments for brain cancer were established by Stupp and Colleagues (2005) and consist of maximal surgical resection of…
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The Link Between Learning Disabilities and Cancer Care
What is a learning disability? A learning disability is defined as a form of intellectual disability where there is a deterrent in how social and adaptive one can be. They commonly have an IQ of less than 70. What is SEND? Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) refers to children and young people who are…
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Non-Communicable Diseases: Chapter Series (Part Two)
Part Two: Raising Awareness On The Importance of Blood Donation Written by Kandeel Butt: 25th March 2015 Updated by Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas: August 2025 Review date by Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas: August 2027 Blood is a life-saving liquid organ composed of oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and antibodies that nourish our lives and protect our bodies…
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Non-Communicable Diseases: Chapter Series (Part One)
Part One: Raising Awareness On Heart Disease Original post by Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas on 11th March 2015 Updated article by Dr Hafsa Waseela Abbas on 2nd August 2025 Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) arise from a pathological balance of genetic, behavioural, physiological, and environmental factors. The World Health Organisation (2024) announced there were 43 million people…
The Farah Saeed Project 