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The ONA Editor curates oncology news, views and reviews from Australia and around the world for our readers. In aggregated content, original sources will be acknowledged in the article footer.
Fighting cancer with lasers and nanoballoons that pop
New drug delivery method targets cancer cells – not the entire body – and limits…
Largest ever melanoma study demonstrates tolerability and efficacy of vemurafenib in most aggressive form of skin cancer
Open label safety study, published in The Lancet Oncology, shows impact of treatment in wide…
Study shows fertility drugs do not increase breast cancer risk
Women who took clomiphene citrate or gonadotropins as a part of fertility treatment did not…
World-first clinical trial launches for advanced bowel cancer
Patients with advanced bowel cancer are set to benefit from the launch of a revolutionary new clinical…
Sweden: Higher risk of death from skin cancer among single men
Single Swedish men who live alone less likely to survive malignant skin melanoma, according to…
Medication Does Not Help Prevent ED Following Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer
Among men undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer, daily use of the erectile dysfunction (ED)…
Obesity, not diet, primes the colon for cancer
Obesity, rather than diet, causes changes in the colon that may lead to colorectal cancer,…
A fragmented approach to cancer may strengthen it
Source: SMH – Alexander Nazaryan. From his fourth-floor window at Tampa’s Moffitt Cancer Centre, Robert A. Gatenby…
Cancer vaccine a step closer as natural killer cells are rightly activated
Source: The Conversation – Mohit Kumar Jolly. Vaccines work. Their widespread use has saved millions of…