Exercise and immunotherapy improving cancer outcomes

运动与免疫疗法提升癌症治疗效果

Health Check

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2025-06-05

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A new immunotherapy regime has shown significant improvements in treatment for head and neck cancer. Meanwhile, exercise is boosting outcomes for colon cancer patients. BBC journalist Philippa Roxby explains what?s been shown in these studies. Aflatoxins are a toxin produced by a fungi which can be found in crops. They?re having a severe impact on harvests and health including immune suppression, growth stunting and damage to the liver. The BBC?s Sophie Ormiston reports on what?s being done to tackle the problem. Ultra-processed foods are increasingly seen as bad for us and self-reporting our diets can be very inaccurate. But now, a new urine test has found a way to accurately show how much of these kinds of foods we consume. Finally, can an e-tattoo placed on the forehead effectively monitor stress and concentration? And how might such a device be used? Presenter: Claudia Hammond Producer: Hannah Robins and Louise Orchard
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  • Hello, Claudia Hammond here with Health Check from the BBC.

  • Today we have the results of not one but two new cancer trials,

  • which some are hailing as breakthroughs.

  • And from Kenya and Tanzania,

  • we'll hear about aflatoxins affecting both crops and human health.

  • And to help me today, I have BBC health reporter, Philippa Roxby.

  • How are you?

  • Very well, thank you.

  • So I'll be talking to you about these cancer trials,

  • but what else do you have for us today?

  • Well, we're going to be looking at something called an electronic tattoo or an E tattoo,

  • which monitors how much brain power we're using.

  • We shall see how much brain power we're using.

  • I'm very intrigued by that one, by the way.

  • But let's start with cancer.

  • And if you've noticed a lot of stories about new breakthroughs in the past few days,

  • it's because a big cancer conference has been taking place in Chicago.

  • And, Phillip, you've been following what's been happening there.

  • And one really interesting trial has been using exercise not to prevent cancer in the first place,

  • but to treat it.