Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Can bacteria be engineered in ways that they help our bodies better fight cancer? That’s the goal Tal Danino, Ph.D., and The Cancer Research Institute (CRI) ‘Old STAR’, research program, named after the “Father of Modern Tumour Immunology.” Trillions ofContinue reading “Can Bacteria Be Engineered To Fight Cancer?”
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Oncogenetics
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I am delighted to have been accepted onto the Oncogenetics Precision Medicine Research Study via The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (Trials). This ‘Trial’ is investigating Precision Medicine in the prostate cancer care pathway: AnContinue reading “Oncogenetics”
In My Dreams I Am Normal
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. I awoke this morning from a decent nights sleep, vivid dreams, the sort of dreams that are difficult to distinguish from real life? I haven’t been sleeping well this past month, partly a hangover from a Christmas trip toContinue reading “In My Dreams I Am Normal”
Six Years In
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death. Six years ago to the very day – 23/12/2015 just an ordinary day, then, after what I thought were routine checks, I was told by my GP I had prostate cancer. Three short months later – 17/3/2016 ‘Paddy sContinue reading “Six Years In”
Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death I have incurable cancer. I want to live longer than my predicted life expectancy. (Currently) I have a 3% likelihood of being alive post 2025. So far, I have had four consultants (oncologists) in charge of my cancerContinue reading “Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine”
Doctor, What About Immunotherapy?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death As a cancer sufferer I am increasingly frustrated by the lack of availability (access) to any of the ground-breaking ‘new’ treatments that are widely published? Almost exclusively, such treatments, often clinical trials, are only available to those near toContinue reading “Doctor, What About Immunotherapy?”
Cutting Edge Radiotherapy
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death There have also been many advances in the field of radiotherapy, including new courses of radiotherapy, known as ‘hypofractionated radiotherapy’, delivering higher doses of radiotherapy in fewer sessions. I had (SABR) proton beam), radiotherapy to eliminate a small tumourContinue reading “Cutting Edge Radiotherapy”
Training The Immune System To Fight Cancer
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death The immune system is able to kill cells that are harming the body, including cancer cells. However, cancer can often turn off the body’s natural ‘anti-cancer immune responses’. One way in which our scientists are trying to defeat cancerContinue reading “Training The Immune System To Fight Cancer”
Delivering A Radioactive Payload Directly To Cancer Cells
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Research involving a new ‘search-and-destroy’ medicine known as PSMA therapy. The treatment acts like a guided missile, consisting of a radioactive particle that can be delivered directly to cancer cells. The treatment, sometimes known as Lutetium-177 PSMA, uses aContinue reading “Delivering A Radioactive Payload Directly To Cancer Cells”
What Could The Next Decade Bring?
Life – Terror. Ecstasy. Fight. Denial. Flight. Failure. PAIN. Forgiveness. Reconciliation. Hope. Love. Peace – Death Prostate cancers can often grow too slowly to threaten a man’s life. For this reason, many men who have early disease and do not carry a mutation linked to cancer would normally just be watched closely by clinicians, asContinue reading “What Could The Next Decade Bring?”
Dying to Live 