Anti-depressants plus blood thinners cause brain cancer cells to eat themselves in mice
Scientists have been exploring the connection between tricyclic antidepressants and brain cancer since the early…
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Role of cancer-suppressing gene uncovered
University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered the role played by a gene which suppresses the…
UK NHS cancer patients denied drugs due to inflated prices
By Sarah Boseley – The Guardian. Research reveals how drug firms are charging health service such…
Starving cancer cells of sugar could be the key to future treatment
Concetta Bubici, Brunel University London and Salvatore Papa, Birkbeck, University of London All the cells…
Combination drug therapy shrinks pancreatic tumours in mice
A combination of two drugs appears to be effective at shrinking pancreatic cancers in laboratory…
New guidelines address long-term needs of colorectal cancer survivors
New American Cancer Society Cancer Survivorship Care guidelines provide primary care clinicians with recommendations for providing comprehensive…
Surgical probe seeks out where cancer ends and healthy tissue begins
A new surgical tool that uses light to make sure surgeons removing cancerous tumours “got…
Study questions use of androgen deprivation therapy for certain prostate cancer cases
Among men with unfavourable prostate cancer and moderate or severe co-existing illness, long-term follow-up finds…
Double discovery boosts global quest for leukaemia cures
Researchers at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre have discovered how a form of leukaemia fights back…
Virus in cattle linked to human breast cancer
A new study by University of California, Berkeley, researchers establishes for the first time a…