Cancer-causing HTLV-1 virus is common in parts of Australia
This ancient virus has been infecting humans for over 1500 years, and new figures show…
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Back to the future: breast cancer reprises pathways found in foetal cells
Using just a microscope, Italian surgeon Francesco Durante was struck by the similarities between cells…
Arsenic in combination with an existing drug could combat cancer
Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukaemia drug work together to…
Is your lung cancer really ROS1-negative?
Drugs like crizotinib are used to treat patients with ROS1-positive lung cancer. But which patients…
Early trauma may be risk factor for anxiety and depression in adults with head/neck cancer
Among individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC), those who experienced childhood trauma were more…
Prioritise cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients
Overall, heart failure is an uncommon complication of breast cancer treatment; however, the risk is…
Rewriting our understanding of gastric tumours
The immune system can be an important ally in the fight against cancer. A study…
Harnessing hair loss gene could improve cancer immunotherapy
A gene that’s associated with an autoimmune form of hair loss could be exploited to…
Targeting gene mutations to treat ovarian cancers
New research has shown that ovarian cancer patients with a tumour mutation in the BRAF…
Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer
Mice with pancreatic cancer that were treated with a naturally occurring constituent of medicinal cannabis…