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Unnecessary loss of life, and how to avoid it - The potential of lung cancer screening
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Unnecessary loss of life – but not from COVID-19. At a time when the coronavirus infection is already inflicting a frightening death toll on the world from a previously unknown health threat, Europe cannot afford to tolerate another unnecessary and large-scale loss of life from a disease that has long been well recognized: lung cancer. But institutional neglect is causing unnecessary loss of life, according to oncologists, pulmonologists, radiotherapists, technology developers and patient representatives from across Europe. In a European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM) round table they focused on persistent delays in promoting the lung cancer screening programmes that could save thousands of life-years,
8 February, 2021
Research by Queen’s and the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry has highlighted the impact of the pandemic on diagnoses of cancer of the oesophagus and stomach, in addition to Barrett’s oesophagus, a condition that can lead to oesophageal cancer.
The findings have been published in the journal
Gastroenterology and have been presented at the American Association for Cancer Research conference.
When lockdown restrictions began in March 2020, key cancer services, including diagnostic endoscopy services, were severely impacted as resources across the UK were diverted towards the pandemic response. Surveillance for patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, which in a small fraction of cases can progress to oesophageal cancer, was also suspended.
The Curve building at Teesside University. Academics from Newcastle and Teesside Universities collaborated on the project through Fuse PEOPLE with multiple and complex needs experience severe health inequalities and are more likely to die than the general population, a study has found. Studies carried out by academics from Newcastle and Teesside Universities through Fuse, the Centre for Translational Research in Public Health, found that vulnerable groups had become desensitised to death through suffering vast loss and lack of hope. Groups with high death rates include those struggling with homelessness, drug and alcohol problems, mental health issues, and repeat offending. Deaths were revealed to be almost seven times higher on average for men and twelve times higher for women.
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Non-invasive imaging technique called 31-phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy used to measure mitochondrial function in patients with motor neuron disease (MND)
Evidence shows that mitochondria - often referred to as the cell s battery - are impaired in MND
This technique could be used to measure the effectiveness of future treatments for MND
Researchers from the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) have used a new imaging technique to measure the function of mitochondria in patients with motor neuron disease (MND).
The research, published today (13 January 2021) in the journal
Brain could provide new ways to assess the effectiveness of treatments currently in development for MND.