Cancer-killing treatment using a common cold virus offers hope to patients with inoperable tumors 

Cancer-killing treatment using a common cold virus offers hope to patients with inoperable tumors Phase I clinical trial announced Friday was conducted at NYU Langone Health Used a combination of a live cold virus with an immunotherapy drug  Treatment shrank melanoma tumors in 47% of the trial’s 36 participants  Several studies have examined how oncolytic viruses can … Read more

Father discovers he has inoperable brain tumour after GP blamed his stiff neck on working from home

A father who was told his neck pain may have been caused by working from home during lockdown has been left devastated to learn he has an inoperable brain tumour. Gary Nelson began suffering aches and pains while working long hours remotely during the pandemic in April this year. The marketing manager contacted his GP … Read more

Scrubs actor Sam Lloyd dies at 56 after battling an inoperable brain tumor last year

Scrubs actor Sam Lloyd dead at 56 after battling an inoperable brain tumor …as Zach Braff leads tributes By George Stark For Dailymail.com Published: 00:50 BST, 2 May 2020 | Updated: 01:32 BST, 2 May 2020 Scrubs actor Sam Lloyd has died at age 56. The show’s creator Bill Lawrence confirmed the news on Friday … Read more

Cancer expert warns patients their disease could progress from ‘operable to inoperable’

Cancer patients were warned by a medical expert today that tumours could become inoperable as their treatment is delayed during the coronavirus pandemic. Professor Gordon Wishart said a delay of two or three months for some types of cancer ‘might make the difference between a tumour being operable or inoperable’. The Check4Cancer chief medical officer … Read more

ME & MY OPERATION: Robo-op treats ‘inoperable’ tonsil tumours

THE PATIENT I’d had an almond-sized lump below my right ear for around ten years. It seemed only to swell when I had a dental infection, so I didn’t worry. But in May 2016, I realised the lump had been swollen for weeks, despite me being well. It wasn’t painful, but I was concerned, so … Read more