New test follows the molecular footsteps that lead to oesophageal cancer
A new diagnostic test may be around the corner thanks to the discovery of a…
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Don’t believe the Daily Express, it takes a lot more than carrots to beat cancer
Source: The Conversation. Another story about how some food holds the cure for cancer is making…
Low-dose aspirin may halve the risk of pancreatic cancer
Source: The Guardian – Ian Sample. Taking a low dose of aspirin every day may halve the…
New test predicts the risk of non-hereditary breast cancer
A simple blood test is currently in development that could help predict the likelihood of…
Cancer treatment breakthrough looms: Australian scientists say they are on the cusp of revolutionary discoveries
Source: The Mercury – Sue Dunlevy. CANCER sufferers could one day avoid debilitating chemotherapy as a…
Low dose of targeted drug might improve cancer-killing virus therapy
Giving low doses of a particular targeted agent with a cancer-killing virus might improve the…
When patients wish for a miracle, tool helps medical staff say ‘amen’
Cancer clinicians and a chaplain at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a…
Exercise after breast cancer
Source: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center – Diane Mapes. Why 65 percent of US survivors don’t…
Leukaemia Drug Found to Stimulate Immunity Against Many Cancer Types
A class of drug currently being used to treat leukaemia has the unexpected side-effect of…
New research could provide key to overcoming resistance to HER2 targeted cancer treatments
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made a significant discovery of a new biomarker which…