Tag: cancers
Survival rates for most deadly cancers making little progress, experts warn
The number of people surviving cancer has improved hugely in the past 50 years, but experts warn progress has been uneven with some cancers with the worst survival rates falling further behind. For some, including melanoma skin cancer, 10-year survival is now above 90% in England and Wales, while for all cancers half of patients…
A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers
A Prenatal Test of the Fetus Turns Up Cancers in Pregnant Mothers A test for abnormal fetal chromosomes can also detect maternal cancers—and physicians are struggling to incorporate that knowledge into routine care By Laura Hercher edited by Gary Stix A noninvasive prenatal test. In 2013, Susan Klugman, an obstetrician and geneticist who is currently…