Australian receives global recognition for pioneering prostate cancer research
A breakthrough technique utilising Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is set to optimise the prostate cancer…
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Cancer Council CEO receives international nursing award
Cancer Council Australia CEO, Professor Sanchia Aranda was presented with Distinguished Merit Award by the…
Anxiety – a risk factor for death from cancer in men
Men who suffer from anxiety are more than twice as likely to die from cancer…
Patients with advanced lymphoma in remission after T-cell therapy
Patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma participating in an early-phase immunotherapy trial led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer…
Case for liquid biopsies builds in advanced lung cancer
For patients with advanced lung cancer, a non-invasive liquid biopsy may be a more effective…
Many adolescent girls with leukaemia are not being screened for pregnancy before beginning chemotherapy in the US
A new study indicates that adolescent females with acute leukaemia have low rates of pregnancy…
Simple blood test could be used to detect breast cancer
Researchers at The University of Western Australia are working on a quick, simple and less…
New immunotherapy treatment could lead to better, cheaper results for pancreatic cancer
A new immunotherapy treatment has shown dramatic results in treating advanced pancreatic cancer, a deadly…
Voices of patients and oncologists must be heard, study says
Specifically training oncologists and their patients to have high-quality discussions improves communication, but troubling gaps…
Three in four don’t know obesity causes cancer
Three out of four (75 per cent) people in the UK are unaware of the…