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Innovation in Oncology 2019
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Time to get intelligent about AI and cancer care
It’s time for the cancer community to come together. To come together in how it responds to the challenge of bringing the benefits of artificial intelligence to fruition in cancer care. Professor Stephen Hawking was a thinker of vision respected across the world and across generations. Respected for his insights to share on all manner...
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20% funding cuts threaten cancer progress
We are standing in the cusp of a new dawn of personalised treatments. This could revolutionise the way we treat cancer – but a lack of investment threatens to hold Ireland behind. Rapid advances in medical science mean we now understand more about cancer than ever. A new generation of personalised medicine stands at the...
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How a cancer drug trial changed my life
Lung cancer patient, Ann Baker, was told that conventional chemotherapy would not be suitable treatment for her disease. Thankfully, a drug trial yielded positive results. One night in 2016, 70-year-old Ann Baker developed severe pain in her shoulder. “I went to my GP who sent me for a chest X-ray,” remembers Ann. “That’s when it...
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Personalised medicine is now a reality
An explosion of technological advances and data gathering is taking personalised medicine to the next level. When it comes to treating patients, there’s a general consensus that holistic care, where a patient’s complete needs are taken into consideration, is preferable. Until recently, this has been little more than wishful thinking. Technology opening up potential Technology...
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Can Ireland become a leader in clinical research?
Collaboration with all stakeholders is needed to ensure patients don’t miss out on potentially life-saving clinical trials in Ireland. Ireland can become a European leader when it comes to conducting clinical trials. If we collaborate and focus on reducing delays and improving recruitment targets, according to the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA). Research recently conducted...
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From cancer therapy to survivorship; news from the 55th IACR conference
Snapshot from the Irish Association for Cancer Research annual meeting. Ireland’s premier cancer research conference brings together top Irish and international cancer researchers and patients to discuss progress. Novel fields of research Conventional cancer treatments such as surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy have been combined, for decades. This has been an effort to treat cancer patients....
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Surface guided radiation therapy now available in Limerick
Surface guided radiotherapy (SGRT) is a technique that uses non-ionising and non-invasive camera technology to track patients’ surface in 3D. Both for setup and motion management during radiotherapy treatment delivery. SGRT is a radiotherapy technique designed to improve the accuracy of patient treatment. During the treatment, a camera shines a red speckled pattern on the...
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Innovations in oncology – prevention and screening
Just 20 years ago – the cusp of the millennium – cancer in Ireland looked very different. Now, we have much to celebrate, but we must be proactive in our approach to cancer. Two decades ago, four in ten people with cancer in Ireland survived their diagnosis. To the general public, the idea of preventing...