Origin of cancer wasting identified in fruit flies
The progressive wasting of muscle and fat tissue throughout the body is one of the…
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Body’s cancer defences hijacked to make pancreatic and lung cancers more aggressive
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that a vital self-destruct switch in cells is hijacked…
Pensioners seven times more likely to get deadly skin cancer than 40 years ago
People over 65 are around seven times more likely to develop malignant melanoma compared to 40 years…
Personalised Cancer Vaccines Pass Early Test
By Stephen Luntz – IFL Science. Cancer vaccines tailored-made to a patient’s individual tumour have…
4th Asia-Pacific Breast Cancer Summit Review by Chris Pyke
4th Asia-Pacific Breast Cancer Summit Dr Chris Pyke is a Associate Professor of Surgery at the…
TROG 2015 Annual Scientific Meeting Review by Katie Vullo
Radiation oncology experts from across Australia and around the world gathered in Newcastle, NSW last…
Angelina Jolie’s surgery got you worried? Here’s what you should know about ovarian cancer risk
By Clare Scott, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Following her 2013 announcement in the op-ed…
Prostate cancer research breakthrough from Sydney’s Centenary Institute
By Ashley Hall – ABC. Researchers from the Origins of Cancer group have opened the door to…
Biomarker set forms the basis for new blood test to detect colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most common form of cancer globally and the second most…
MRI based on a sugar molecule can tell cancerous from noncancerous cells
Imaging tests like mammograms or CT scans can detect tumours, but figuring out whether a…