Cancer theorist Paul Davies to speak on the disease’s evolutionary history
By Marcus Strom – SMH. It takes a lot of front to tell an entire scientific discipline…
Yearly Archives: 2015
Black women less likely to benefit from early chemotherapy, study shows
It is well documented that black, Hispanic, and Asian women typically develop advanced-stage breast cancer…
Scientists identify promising new melanoma drug
A new drug discovered by scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) may…
Detecting cancer cells before they form metastases
Single cancer cells migrate with blood flow through the body before they settle in new…
Eight-year-old US girl diagnosed with rare form of breast cancer
By Joanna Walters and Sarah Boseley – The Guardian. Chrissy Turner found a lump in…
Promising drug combination for advanced prostate cancer
A new drug combination may be effective in treating men with metastatic prostate cancer. Preliminary…
Study offers insights to how ovarian cancer grows, and potential to stop it
Can any cancer cell form another tumour, or is it only select cancer stem cells…
Following cancer with tiny magnets
By Aidan Cousins – University of South Australia. Life-saving surgery and treatments rely on doctors…
Here’s what you need to know about menopausal hormone therapy and cancer risk
By Emily Banks – Australian National University. The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) doubles the risk of…
The New Gene-Editing Technique That Reveals Cancer’s Weaknesses
By Ed Yong – The Atlantic. CRISPR can finally tell us which human genes are…