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HIV drug blocks bone metastases in prostate cancer
Although prostate cancer can be successfully treated in many men, when the disease metastasises to…
Role of cannabis in cancer treatment
A US oncologist and researcher will tell delegates at the COSA ASM in Melbourne today that medicinal…
Common antacid could lead to cheaper anti-cancer drugs
A popular indigestion medication can increase survival in colorectal cancer, according to research published in ecancermedicalscience.…
Changes to PBS rules offer patients with prostate cancer new hope
By Rachael Babin. Patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer have been given new hope by…
Costly cancer drugs may be cut from UK special funding list
By Sarah Boseley – The Guardian. Reassessment of dozens of medicines, including Kadcyla and Avastin,…
Breast cancer patients face a $93,000 a year bill for extra life
Source: The Herald – Sue Dunlevy. Women whose breast cancer has spread will face a…
A plutocratic proposal
If mega-rich people could buy places on clinical trials, would this help drive forward the…
Sea sponge drug could boost advanced breast cancer survival by five extra months
The cancer drug eribulin, originally developed from sea sponges, could give women with advanced triple…
Exceptional Responders
By Richard Saltus – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Finding genetic causes of dramatic cancer drug responses could…
Aspirin may cut mortality in nonmetastatic prostate cancer
Daily aspirin use, even at low doses, may reduce mortality among men with high-risk non…