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Innovations in Oncology Q2 2023
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All-Ireland cancer research boost can help thousands of patients
All-Ireland €4 million research is testing whether minimally invasive blood tests may complement — or even replace — surgical biopsies for cancer diagnosis and treatment. The All-Ireland Cancer Liquid Biopsies Consortium (CLuB), an emerging hub of excellence, was set up last autumn, supported by the Shared Island Fund and overseen by the Higher Education Authority....
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Rare cancer management can continue to improve with multidisciplinary research
Rare cancer is considered as such when the number of people diagnosed is equal to or less than six new cases per 100,000 people in a year. The Irish Association for Cancer Research (IACR) is an All-Ireland nonprofit organisation for scientific and healthcare researchers across cancer disciplines. Our overarching aim is to improve the lives...
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Appropriate distribution and pricing can make combination therapies more accessible
Clinicians are increasingly realising the potential of combination therapies to address high unmet medical needs across several disease areas. Combination treatments are where two or more individual medicines are combined into a single treatment regimen. They represent an immediate wave of advances in pharmaceutical medicine. They have shown strong potential to improve patient outcomes by...
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Making journeys easier for women after cancer treatment
The Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) began in 2020 as a project aiming to improve overall health and wellbeing for women following a cancer diagnosis. A first-of-its-kind project for Ireland supported by the Irish Cancer Society, the WHI is based across three locations nationwide in Dublin (Mater Misericordia University Hospital, St Vincent’s University Hospital and the...