Survival rates for patients with prostate cancer better with surgery vs radiotherapy
A rigorous evaluation of survival rates has shown that cancer patients with localised prostate cancer—the…
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Researchers ‘turn off’ most notorious cancer-causing protein
It’s known as the most common cancer-causing protein, directly responsible for 30 per cent of…
First targeted therapy for multiple myeloma effective against hard-to-treat disease
ASH: Myeloma is cancer of the plasma cells, white blood cells that produce infection-fighting antibodies.…
New guideline addresses long-term needs of breast cancer survivors
A new breast cancer survivorship care guideline created by the American Cancer Society and the…
Chasing invasive cancer cells with a laser
What makes invasive cancer cells behave differently than the other cells in the tumour from…
Mindfulness-based stress reduction diminishes chemo brain
Participation in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program yields robust and sustained improvement in cancer-related cognitive…
Why we still don’t have personalised medicine, 15 years after sequencing the human genome
By Bryony Graham, University of Oxford. The completion of the first draft of the human genome…
Experimental drug is first targeted therapy to improve survival in high-risk AML patients
ASH: Midostaurin added to standard chemotherapy is the first targeted treatment to improve survival of…
Obesity contributes to metastasis in ovarian cancer patients
Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease, one that’s hard to detect until it has progressed…
Future of cancer treatment lies in individual genetics
The future of cancer treatment lies in genetics rather than traditional approaches such as chemotherapy…