Elise Jenkins
Senior Journalist at BBC
Former tabloid hack now BBC News. Ultra runner, mountains, trail, Ironman, kids, dog.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
medium.com | Elise Jenkins
Elise Jenkins·Follow3 min read·--We live in a time where a conversation about cancer quickly becomes: “my uncle has..”, “my best friend has..”, “my sister has..” and even “I have..” cancer. People tend to think cancer is age discriminating or “an old person’s” disease. The reality is so far from this. There has been a 79.1% increase of the incidence of early-onset (<50 years) cancers since 1990[1]. More often than I am comfortable to admit, young people are being diagnosed. Cancer really sucks.
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Jul 25, 2024 |
cell.com | Eimear Mylod |Elise Jenkins |Gearóid Conlon
Highlights•Tumor-treating fields (TTFs) do not affect natural killer (NK) cell viability•TTF exposure increased NK cell cytotoxic degranulation against GBM cells•TTFs had no effect on NK cell cytokine productionSummaryTumor-treating fields (TTFs) are a non-invasive treatment for glioblastoma (GBM) that applies low-intensity, intermediate-frequency, alternating electric fields. Given a 5-year survival of less than 7% for GBM patients, multi-modal treatments are required to improve survival.
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