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Chemotherapy error: clinicians may be deregistered after incorrect dose
The Guardian Australia. Hospitals failed to tell cancer patients they were under-dosed between July 2014…
Nanoparticle therapy that uses LDL and fish oil kills liver cancer cells
An experimental nanoparticle therapy that combines low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and fish oil preferentially kills primary…
CRT announces license agreement with MSD to develop inhibitors of PRMT5 for cancer and blood disorders
Cancer Research Technology (CRT) – the development and commercialisation arm of Cancer Research UK – has…
New class of drug slows growth of castration-resistant prostate cancer cells
A first-in-class sphingosine kinase 2 inhibitor slowed the growth of castration-resistant prostate cancer cells, in…
Breakthrough therapy gives hope for new leukaemia treatment
In a world-first clinical trial, Melbourne medical researchers have shown that patients with an advanced…
Breast cancer study suggests new potential drug targets and combinations
The largest analysis of breast cancer cell function to date suggests dozens of new uses…
Link between obesity and increased risk of colorectal cancer revealed
Obesity has long been associated with increased risk of colorectal cancer, but the link has…
Targeted hormone-radiation treatment slows growth of midgut neuroendocrine tumours
Early results from a phase III study of patients with previously treated, advanced midgut neuroendocrine…
Everolimus slows growth of neuroendocrine tumours
Researchers report the results of a new analysis from a phase III trial of patients…
Study finds how diabetes drug metformin inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer
Massachusetts General Hospital investigators may have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the…