Link between BRCA1 and Ewing sarcoma found
Scientists with the Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute at UT Health San Antonio have discovered…
Browsing: Rare Cancers
New insights into treating a rare leukaemia
A study at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is shedding new light on the best therapeutic…
Study opens up new way of treating rare cancer of arms and legs
Scientists have discovered a surprising new approach to treating a rare cancer that often affects…
It’s 2030, and precision medicine has changed health care – this is what it looks like
Catriona McLean, Monash University Imagine it is 2030. Ten-year-old Amy is wheeled into a children’s…
Boost for UNSW brain cancer and joint replacement research
A clinical trial of a new immunotherapy that will deliver a “toxin bomb” to brain…
Halaven® (eribulin) listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme for patients with previously treated, advanced liposarcoma
Australian patients suffering from advanced liposarcoma, previously treated with chemotherapy, will now have access to…
Promising new treatment for rare pregnancy cancer leads to remission in patients
An immunotherapy drug can be used to cure women of a rare type of cancer…
COSA 2017: How do we improve cancer care?
Professor Dorothy Keefe, from the University of Adelaide, presented at the Clinical Oncology Society of…
Liquid biopsy spots aggressive paediatric brainstem cancer earlier without surgery
A particularly aggressive form of paediatric cancer can be spotted reliably by the genetic fragments…
For cancer patients with HIV, immunotherapy appears safe
A new category of immunotherapies called checkpoint inhibitors that has been highly effective against many…