War metaphors for cancer hurt certain prevention behaviours
It’s not unusual for people to use war metaphors such as “fight” and “battle” when…
Yearly Archives: 2014
Feminist campaigner Denise Marshall on being diagnosed with cancer: ‘There’s so much left to do’
By Julie Bindel – The Guardian. The indefatigable CEO of the feminist charity Eaves, who…
96 percent of patients with vocal-cord tumours are cancer-free after pulsed-KTP laser treatment
The first long-term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at…
Youngest bone marrow transplant patients at higher risk of cognitive decline
Toddlers who undergo total body irradiation in preparation for bone marrow transplantation are at higher…
New evidence reveals tamoxifen reduces breast cancer rates by nearly a third for 20 years
The preventive effect of breast cancer drug ‘tamoxifen’ remains virtually constant for at least 20…
How does breast density impact on cancer screening?
By John Hopper, University of Melbourne. We’ve known for some time that women with dense…
BlackBerry, NantHealth launch cancer genome browser
By Euan Rocha – Reuters. NantHealth, a healthcare-focused data provider, launched a secure cancer genome browser…
FDA approves Gardasil 9
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant)…
SABCS 2014: Lowering dietary fat intake reduces death rates in some breast cancer patients
Among early-stage breast cancer patients who reduced their dietary fat intake for five years following…
New research could prevent unnecessary prostate cancer treatment
Radical treatments for prostate cancer could be avoided thanks to new research that links fat…