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Breast Cancer Trials 40th Annual Scientific Meeting
Breast Cancer Trials (formerly the Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group) celebrated its…
Browsing: Treatment and Support
#freezerstash: why cancer patients won’t find a cure in drinking human milk they get online
Sarah Steele, University of Cambridge In 1995, scientists at Lund University in Sweden made a…
Cancer patients may experience delayed skin effects of anti-PD-1 therapy
Cancer patients receiving anti-PD-1 therapies who develop lesions, eczema, psoriasis, or other forms of auto-immune…
Cannabinoids may have a vast array of anti-cancer effects
Previous research has shown that cannabinoids can help lessen side effects of anti-cancer therapies. Now…
Association of complementary medicine, cancer treatment, survival
The use of complementary medicine by patients with four common cancers (breast, prostate, lung or…
Greater efforts are needed to address ‘financial toxicity’ of cancer treatment
In addition to facing new concerns about their health, individuals who are diagnosed with cancer…
Targeting tumours with nano-submarines
Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research…
UNSW researcher leads global initiative to develop training for end-of-life conversations
UNSW researcher Dr Ursula Sansom-Daly will lead a global team to develop a training program for…
A new blood test could detect early stage melanoma in more than 80% of patients
Mel Ziman, Edith Cowan University Melanoma kills more than 1,700 Australians every year, which is…
Active surveillance of lung subsolid nodules reduces unnecessary surgery and overtreatment
Subsolid nodules (SSN) can be considered a biomarker of lung cancer risk and should be…