Breast cancer awareness is a quiet mutation, not a barrage of pink ribbons
By Nell Boeschenstein – The Guardian. Nothing wakes up a woman to the implications of her…
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Immunotherapy could stop resistance to radiotherapy
Treating cancers with immunotherapy and radiotherapy at the same time could stop them from becoming…
What causes breast cancer? Sorting fact from fiction
By Allyson Thomson, Curtin University. Breast cancer accounts for one in four female cancers diagnosed…
Countries with high stomach cancer burden need to do more to prevent the disease
A new report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer…
Scary lack of funding for rare cancer research
By Amy Corderoy – Sydney Morning Herald. They are three terrible words that change your…
Phase III trial results raise questions about the future of lung cancer vaccination
Experts are divided on the value of lung cancer vaccination after disappointing results from the…
ESMO 2014: Cleopatra Update
Pertuzumab adds 16 months survival benefit to trastuzumab plus chemotherapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer…
Nature’s elegant and efficient vision systems can detect cancer
Mantis shrimp eyes are inspiring the design of new cameras that can detect a variety…
Cancer during pregnancy: Study suggests chemotherapy and radiotherapy safe for babies
Children who are exposed to chemotherapy or radiotherapy while in the womb suffer no negative…
Modified vitamin D shows promise as treatment for pancreatic cancer
A synthetic derivative of vitamin D was found by Salk Institute researchers to collapse the…