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Why the causes of cancer are more than just random ‘bad luck’
By Darren Saunders, Garvan Institute. What causes cancer? This deceptively simple question has a devilishly…
Browsing: Genetics
Team associates rare gene variants with side effects from chemotherapy with paclitaxel
Paclitaxel is a chemotherapeutic drug that has been shown to be highly effective when treating…
International effort identifies ovarian cancer risk genes
An international study led by QIMR Berghofer and the University of Cambridge has found six…
New breast cancer gene found
A new study identifies a gene that is especially active in aggressive subtypes of breast…
Study makes case for wider gene testing in bowel cancer
Up to a quarter of patients with bowel cancer who have a family history of…
Most cancers down to ‘bad luck’
Scientists have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence, across many…
First of new generation of cancer drugs granted European approval
A new drug for ovarian cancer, developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge and…
How does breast density impact on cancer screening?
By John Hopper, University of Melbourne. We’ve known for some time that women with dense…
Risk-reducing surgery psychologically benefits women
The psychological benefits from risk-reducing surgery for women with a strong familial risk of breast…
Two studies identify a detectable, pre-cancerous state in the blood
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals…