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Pertuzumab adds 16 months survival benefit to trastuzumab plus chemotherapy for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer…
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…
Nutraceuticals are often big on promise but fail to deliver
By Nial Wheate – University of Sydney. Extracts from a berry can improve the effectiveness of a chemotherapy…
Cross-border efforts on push for medical marijuana
By Tom McIlroy – Canberra Times. Greens minister Shane Rattenbury could reconsider his proposed model…
FDA approves new melanoma drug that turns on the immune system to fight deadly cancers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new immunotherapy drug to treat advanced…
Drug shows promise for subset of stage III colon cancer patients
A subset of patients with stage III colon cancer had improved survival rates when treated…
Severing nerves may shrink stomach cancers: Botox injections slow growth of tumours
Research from Columbia University Medical Center shows that nerves may play a critical role in…
Malaria medicine chloroquine inhibits tumour growth and metastases
A recent study by investigators at VIB and KU Leuven has demonstrated that chloroquine also…
Total darkness at night is key to success of breast cancer therapy
Exposure to light at night, which shuts off nighttime production of the hormone melatonin, renders…
Unique study focuses on combined treatment approach for locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Investigators at the Cedars-Sinai Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute are developing a novel, multistep investigational…