Mouse study links early metastasis to systemic inflammation caused by wound healing
According to new research conducted in mice by Whitehead Institute scientists, surgery in breast cancer…
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Web-based decision aid may help with breast reconstruction decisions following mastectomy
A new Psycho-Oncology study indicates that a free web-based decision aid that helps women with breast cancer…
New camera gives surgeons a butterfly’s-eye view of cancer
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St. Louis have…
Global cancer trial sets new standard for post-surgery chemotherapy
Some stage III colon cancer patients can cut in half the number of chemotherapy treatments…
Man’s Pot Belly Turns Out To Be Giant Fatty Tumour
Always (dis)trust your gut. A New Jersey man was vindicated earlier this month when doctors…
The Challenges of Cancer Research in Middle Income Countries
By Professor Ian Olver AM for oncologynews.com.au. The control of non-communicable diseases is an emerging problem…
Preventative double mastectomy reduces risk of breast cancer death BRCA1 mutation carriers, but not low risk BRCA2
Healthy women who carry a breast cancer-causing mutation in the BRCA1 gene, not only reduce…
Lymph node surgery could be avoided for women with aggressive types of breast cancer that respond well to upfront chemotherapy
Sentinel lymph node biopsies, where lymph nodes are surgically removed to check for signs of…
In the eye of the medulloblastoma
Can genes normally expressed only in the eye be activated in brain tumours? Such a…
Many women misjudge how they’ll feel after mastectomy
Women who have one or both breasts removed to treat cancer may have unrealistic expectations…