Childhood obesity raises bladder cancer risk, study looking at 315,000 children suggests
Adults who were overweight in childhood may be at greater risk of developing bladder cancer,…
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Thousands of lives could be lost to delays in cancer surgery during Covid-19 pandemic
Delays to cancer surgery and other treatment caused by the Covid-19 crisis could result in…
New analytic tool designed to help guide precision oncology discovery and treatments
Researchers can use this model to identify pre-clinical systems or potential treatments for multiple cancer…
Nanobowls serve up chemotherapy drugs to cancer cells
For decades, scientists have explored the use of liposomes – hollow spheres made of lipid…
Study confirms important clues to fight ovarian cancer
The rogue cellular engine that drives a majority of ovarian cancers remains frustratingly difficult to…
Personalised ovarian cancer risk prediction reduces worries
Offering personalised ovarian cancer risk prediction to women shows that 98 per cent of participants…
FDA approves olaparib for HRR gene-mutated metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer
On May 19, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration approved olaparib for adult patients with…
New liver cancer research targets non-cancer cells to blunt tumour growth
“Senotherapy”, a treatment that uses small molecule drugs to target “senescent” cells, or those cells…
Potentially treatable genetic mutations revealed in subset of prostate cancer patients
Prostate cancer patients who do not respond well to PSMA-targeted therapy often have potentially treatable…
Molecular testing rates for lung cancer in most countries less than 50 percent
Access to targeted therapies for lung cancer depends on accurate identification of patients’ biomarkers through…