ESMO announces scale to stratify magnitude of clinical benefit of anticancer medicines
ESMO, the European Society for Medical Oncology, has announced the publication of the ESMO Magnitude…
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Australian research unearths new treatment hope
A new cancer-fighting medicine has shown the ability to extend the lives of people with…
Study shows sexual dysfunction after gynecologic cancer treatment
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology…
Four US cancer charities charged with misusing donations in excess of $187m
The Guardian. The US government has charged four cancer charities with misusing more than $187m…
Most people want to know risk of overdiagnosis, but aren’t told
By Ray Moynihan. An Australian survey recently released has found a large majority of people report they’ve…
No, we’re not all being pickled in deadly radiation from smartphones and wifi
By Simon Chapman, University of Sydney. Tomorrow at TedX Sydney’s Opera House event, high-profile neurosurgeon Charlie…
Family history of breast cancer doesn’t mean a poor prognosis for women who develop the disease
A new large study finds that women who are diagnosed with breast cancer and have…
Drug-resistant lung cancer may have Achilles heel
Drugs introduced more than a decade ago that target mutations in a protein known as…
Vortex device makes for better cancer treatments
A South Australian invention, responsible for unboiling an egg, has been used to produce a four-fold…
Study adds diabetes drug with anti-cancer effect to ovarian cancer treatment
Several recent studies have suggested that metformin, an established drug developed to treat patients with…