#MicroRNA: Enhancing cancer response to radiation
Researcher Sudarshan Anand has a contemporary analogy to describe microRNA: “I sometimes compare MicroRNA to…
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New Zealanders need high quality cancer information
There is considerable demand for cancer information resources in New Zealand, with a third of…
Young cancer survivors have twice the risk of suicide
Survivors of cancer diagnosed before the age of 25 had a more than two-fold increased…
Psilocybin eases existential anxiety in people with life-threatening cancer
In a small double-blind study, Johns Hopkins researchers report that a substantial majority of people…
How highs and lows in testosterone levels ‘shock’ prostate cancer cells to death
A strategy of alternately flooding and starving the body of testosterone is producing good results…
Research raises concerns about the health of the oncology profession
Workforce changes, work intensification and workload stress within the oncology profession are taking their toll…
Could a cannabis pill reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting? Here’s how we find out
Peter Grimison, University of Sydney For some cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, the thought of joining…
Study estimates global cancer cases, deaths in 2015
In 2015, there were an estimated 17.5 million cancer cases around the globe and 8.7…
Global issues in cancer survivorship: a UK perspective on follow up care
By Dr Deborah Fenlon, University of Southampton. The number of people being diagnosed with, successfully…
Why are black men missing from prostate cancer research?
Black men are three times more likely to develop prostate cancer than other demographics, yet…