Genomic sequencing more efficient in predicting breast cancer risk than previously thought
Using genomic sequencing data on all currently known genetic alterations in breast cancer, it is…
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Cancer drug discovery system is broken, global summit hears
The global system for discovering new cancer drugs is ‘broken’, and failing to turn dramatic…
‘Smart Technology’ system for home hospice symptom management and care helps both patients with cancer and family caregivers
Early findings from a study of 319 families suggest that use of an innovative, telephone-based…
Breast cancer drug holds promise in combination therapy for Ewing sarcoma
Ewing sarcoma tumours disappeared and did not return in more than 70 percent of mice…
Expertise meets experience at “forgotten cancers” forum
Gastro-intestinal (GI or digestive tract) cancers are the most common form of cancer, affecting 25,000…
Cancer test waiting times to be cut in England, Labour pledges
Source: BBC No-one in England will have to wait more than a week for cancer…
Increase in PSA after prostate cancer surgery may not lead to metastasis
Some prostate cancer patients whose prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels increase after a radical prostatectomy may…
Human cancer prognosis is related to newly identified immune cell
A newly discovered population of immune cells in tumours is associated with less severe cancer…
Dr Bronwyn King named woman of influence
Epworth Radiation Oncologist Dr Bronwyn King has been named one of the Australian Financial Review/Westpac…
Many older people have mutations linked to leukaemia and lymphoma in their blood cells
At least 2 percent of people over age 40 and 5 percent of people over…