Weight in adolescence may affect colorectal cancer risk
A new study has uncovered a link between being overweight or obese in adolescence and…
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Molecular changes with age in normal breast tissue are linked to cancer-related changes
Several known factors are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer including increasing age,…
Bowel cancer screening cost effective, but does not reduce health inequalities
Bowel-cancer screening in New Zealand will improve health cost effectively, according to University of Otago…
Young adult cancer survivors struggle to get back to normal
Cancer survivors often talk about wanting to get back to normal, but a new study…
No dye: Cancer patients’ grey hair darkened on immune drugs
Cancer patients’ grey hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has…
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Immune cells with a general knack for recognising and killing many types of infected or…
Diet rich in tomatoes cuts skin cancer in half in mice
Daily tomato consumption appeared to cut the development of skin cancer tumours by half in…
Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment
How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other…
Some women may benefit from delaying breast reconstruction following mastectomy
Some patients with a combination of risk factors, such as being obese and having diabetes…
New mutations related to hereditary neuroendocrine tumours
Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours with a strong hereditary component. Half the genes…