Early detection of leukaemia patients’ resistance to therapy
David Ellis, University of Adelaide Adelaide researchers have made a world-first breakthrough in the early…
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Prostate cancer breakthrough could lead to new diagnostic tests and treatments
Prostate cancer patients have been offered hope after scientists at Newcastle University, UK, have identified…
T-cells can be directed to treat a variety of ovarian cancers
With only incremental improvements in ovarian cancer survival over the last 40 years, there is…
Paediatric cancer families benefit from Facebook conversations
When it comes to sharing experiences caring for a child with cancer, parents often turn…
New study investigates benefits of mindfulness app for young people facing sibling’s cancer
An international study will investigate whether using a mindfulness app can help to lower distress…
Health executive sacked after prostate cancer SA Pathology blunder gives patients wrong diagnosis
Wendy Glamocak, ABC. About 100 patients in South Australia were given false positive results for…
Increasing access to cannabis-based medicine in NSW
Doctors in NSW will now be able to apply to prescribe a broader range of…
Childhood cancer deaths have fallen in Australia, but some types remain more of a challenge
Joanne Aitken, Cancer Council Queensland. Childhood deaths from cancer have decreased by nearly 40% in…
Long read: Taking aim at rare cancer variants
Leah Eisenstadt If you walked into a cancer clinic ten years ago as a newly…
Africa’s growing and neglected cancer problem: We will all suffer
Miles A. Pomper and Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Uganda’s only radiation…