Breakthrough in understanding neuroblastoma – a common childhood cancer
Scientists studying one of the most common forms of childhood cancer have made an important…
Browsing: Head and Neck Cancers
Major trial backs immunotherapy as standard first-line treatment for head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy is better than standard ‘extreme’ chemotherapy as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck…
More children are surviving neuroblastoma
Both the survival rate and the incidence of neuroblastoma have increased in the last decennia,…
Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer
An Australian-led international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more…
Potential drug targets for glioblastoma identified
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified 10 tumour-specific potential drug targets for the…
Scientists identify protein that promotes brain metastasis
A protein that breast, lung and other cancers use to promote their spread–or metastasis–to the…
Marker reveals if benign-appearing meningiomas are perilous
A modified protein in benign-appearing meningiomas can reveal which are truly benign and which are…
NCRI 2019: AI blood test can spot signs of brain tumour to speed up diagnosis
Chemical analysis of blood samples, combined with an artificial intelligence program, could speed up the…
Blood test can predict prognosis in deadly brain cancer
A blood test that measures the amount of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream -…
Cancer experts come together at RANZCR’s 70th Annual Scientific Meeting
By Lucy Hutton, RANZCR Around 1,000 radiologists and radiation oncologists from around Australia, New Zealand…