COVID-19 vaccine and cancer – latest updates

Ever since the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill back in March, there’s been talk of a vaccine.  COVID-19 vaccines have been badged as our biggest opportunity to control the virus and return to normal. And for the last 10 months, researchers and scientists across the world have been racing to make that a reality. Read More…

Update on hereditary gastrointestinal cancers: Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis syndromes

Hereditary causes, due to defects in certain genes, account for up to 10% of all colorectal cancers (CRCs). These high-risk hereditary predisposition syndromes have been associated with a significantly increased lifetime risk of cancer, with some approaching 100%. In addition, up to 20% of patients with CRC have common familial cancer, meaning Read more…