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Cancer-causing gene triggered by alcohol may increase breast cancer risk
A University of Houston researcher and his team have discovered an important link between alcohol…
Browsing: Genetics
It’s all relative: how to understand cancer risk
Ian Olver, University of South Australia Absolute risk is the risk of developing a cancer…
Ovarian Cancer: Peter Mac Investigates ‘Exceptional Survivors’
Peter Mac researchers are part of an international effort to understand why some women become…
Pancreatic cancer is really four separate cancers: study
By Ivy Shih, The Conversation. A landmark seven year study has identified that pancreatic cancer is…
New genetic cause of gastric and prostate cancer identified
Researchers at Hiroshima University have opened the door to finding a new class of cancer-causing…
Research aims to better target treatment for young cancer patients
By Michelle Price. Thirty years ago any child diagnosed with paediatric malignancy would succumb to…
Saliva Tests for Cancer Move Closer to Clinical Use
Over the past decade, David Wong of UCLA and his colleagues have been developing a…
Progress in treating cancer and infections with T cell therapy
The quest to bring immunotherapy into widespread clinical use against cancer and infectious diseases has…
International Childhood Cancer Day
“Much remains to be done to fight childhood cancer” – IARC New estimates by the…
Discovery lays the foundation to expand personalised chemotherapy for leukaemia patients
An international research team has determined how inherited gene variations lead to severe drug toxicity…