Researchers make groundbreaking discovery – using skin cells to kill cancer
In a first for medical science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pharmacy researchers…
Monthly Archives: February, 2016
Survivors offer strong support to newly diagnosed
More than half of Queenslanders diagnosed with cancer receive emotional and practical support from other…
Light reflectance technique improves ability to remove prostate cancer during surgery
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have determined that light reflectance spectroscopy can differentiate between…
Omega-3 fatty acids may lower breast cancer risk in postmenopausal obese women
Omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal obese women, according…
Ovarian Cancer: Peter Mac Investigates ‘Exceptional Survivors’
Peter Mac researchers are part of an international effort to understand why some women become…
Clinical trials for childhood cancer drugs are critical, but parents don’t always understand what they are signing up for
Laura Sedig, University of Michigan and Raymond Hutchinson, University of Michigan. Each week in the…
Pancreatic cancer is really four separate cancers: study
By Ivy Shih, The Conversation. A landmark seven year study has identified that pancreatic cancer is…
The animals that sniff out TB, cancer and landmines
By Emma Young – Mosiac Science. Rats can smell tuberculosis. Dogs can smell cancer. Now they’re being…
What are the benefits and harms of cancer screening?
Screening for cancer has many obvious benefits – you’re preventing cancer or catching it early.…
Do Wi-Fi and mobile phones really cause cancer? Experts respond
By Simon Chapman, University of Sydney; Darren Saunders, UNSW Australia; Rodney Croft, University of Wollongong, and…