Billionaire Carl Berg developing prostate cancer test
By Brendan Coffey – SF Gate. Silicon Valley real estate billionaire Carl Berg thinks he’s found a…
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Exceptional Responders
By Richard Saltus – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Finding genetic causes of dramatic cancer drug responses could…
New prostate cancer screening guideline recommends not using PSA test
A new Canadian guideline recommends that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test should not be used…
Chest radiation to treat childhood cancer increases patients’ risk of developing breast cancer
A new study has found that patients who received chest radiation for Wilms tumour, a…
‘Take more risks,’ WA Chief Scientist urges researchers
By Tony Malkovic – Science WA. Scientists should take more risks in their research and…
It’s time to stop ignoring lung cancer
By Joanna Moorhead – The Guardian. Thirty percent of people with lung cancer will die…
Aspirin may cut mortality in nonmetastatic prostate cancer
Daily aspirin use, even at low doses, may reduce mortality among men with high-risk non…
Scientists engineer toxin-secreting stem cells to treat brain tumours
Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to…
Video: Is that double mastectomy really necessary?
When Angeline Vuong, 27,was diagnosed with cancer in one breast earlier this year, her first…
UK cancer centre receives £10 million for state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine
A UK research partnership will purchase one of the world’s most advanced radiotherapy machines and…