Computers trounce pathologists in predicting lung cancer type and severity
Computers can be trained to be more accurate than pathologists in assessing slides of lung…
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Duration of adulthood overweight and obesity linked to cancer risk in US women
The duration of overweight and obesity in women’s adult lives is associated with cancer risk,…
Cancer survivors’ sex lives as good as others their age
Cancer survivors have just as much sex and can function as well as others their…
Molecule prevents effect of chemotherapy
Annually about 2000 Danish patients with colorectal cancer are treated with chemotherapy. Today, a range of…
Study links two genes to breast cancer survival
Testing for the activity of two genes could pick out women who are at increased…
Nivolumab in advanced lung cancer: Indication of major added benefit
Nivolumab has been approved since April 2016 as a checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of…
Long-term health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs not as dire as perceived
The detonation of atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August…
Study reveals cholesterol link in aggressive cancers
University of Queensland research has revealed how fats – including cholesterol – could increase the…
‘Bursts’ of chromosome changes fuel breast cancer tumour growth
As with most cancers, triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells have abnormal amounts of chromosomes or…
Stanford researchers devise method for bone marrow transplants without using chemotherapy
Blood stem cell transplantation, widely known as bone marrow transplantation, is a powerful technique that…