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Iron nanoparticles make immune cells attack cancer
Stanford researchers accidentally discovered that iron nanoparticles invented for anemia treatment have another use: triggering…
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Active monitoring as effective for prostate cancer as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years
Active monitoring is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10…
Case for liquid biopsies builds in advanced lung cancer
For patients with advanced lung cancer, a non-invasive liquid biopsy may be a more effective…
Voices of patients and oncologists must be heard, study says
Specifically training oncologists and their patients to have high-quality discussions improves communication, but troubling gaps…
Associate Professor Guy Hingston on MINDACT: Fewer Australian women will now need chemotherapy for breast cancer
MammaPrint genomic testing represents a new paradigm shift in modern breast cancer management Late last…
More chemo drugs don’t improve treatment of rare bone cancer
Osteosarcoma patients with tumours that haven’t responded well to the standard chemotherapy regimen have unimproved…
New research opens the ‘black box’ of malignant melanoma
When malignant melanoma metastasizes to the brain, it is a death sentence for most patients.…
PET/MRI: A one-stop imaging test to detect prostate cancer?
A University of Michigan study published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine reports that the addition of…
Adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage colon cancer may improve survival
Researchers and physicians have grappled with the role of “adjuvant,” or post-surgery, chemotherapy for patients…
Cutting nerves during breast cancer surgery is associated with chronic pain
An analysis led by McMaster University researchers has found that women who undergo armpit lymph…