Image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy reduces bowel side effects in cervical cancer patients
For cervical cancer patients undergoing post surgical radiation therapy, image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) resulted…
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The BRCA1 Gene Patent Ruling – An Australian Perspective
By Dr Hilda High for oncologynews.com.au Two weeks after Myriad Genetics’ BRCA1 patent expired, Yvonne…
Preventing cancer: Study finds dramatic benefits of weight-loss surgery
Tremendous changes seen in women most at risk for cancer A study looked at the…
Almost 30% of girls turning 15 not fully immunised against HPV
Around 38,400 of the estimated 137,460 girls aged 15 in 2013 were not fully immunised…
Cancer researchers publish landmark “basket study”
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have announced results from the first published…
Generic heart medication shown to prolong ovarian cancer patients’ survival
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers demonstrate a benefit in overall survival among epithelial ovarian cancer…
NICE says ‘not enough data’ to approve drug for ovarian cancer
The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) says it cannot give a…
Thousands of womb cancers prevented by the pill, study says
The contraceptive pill has prevented some 200,000 cases of womb cancer over the last decade…
When a Fetus’s Test Finds a Mother’s Cancer
By Anna Nowogrodzki – MIT Technology Review. Mothers-to-be expecting to learn about chromosomal defects from a non-invasive…
Scientists solve breast and ovarian cancer genetic mystery
Francis Crick Institute scientists, funded by Cancer Research UK, have solved a decades-old mystery and…