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Test ties chemotherapy to possible breast cancer spread
Using a test for predicting whether tumours will metastasize, or spread, a research team found…
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Protein to control breast cancer progression identified
Switching off a protein produced in breast cancer cells can stop cancer progression, researchers from…
New way of predicting kidney function could improve chemotherapy dosing for many cancer patients
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed a new statistical model which estimates kidney…
Time since chemotherapy may predict response to olaparib in ovarian cancer
Women with advanced ovarian cancer who begin treatment with olaparib are more likely to respond…
Female cancer survivors are one-third less likely to achieve pregnancy than women in general population
For the first time, a large population study has quantified the chance of pregnancy after…
Liquid biopsies: a non-invasive look at treatment response
A new study, to be presented at the ESMO 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, shows…
Confusion over symptoms may be affecting whether women take tamoxifen for breast cancer
Women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer may be failing to take…
Existing drugs could benefit patients with bone cancer, genetic study suggests
A subgroup of patients with osteosarcoma – a form of bone cancer – could be…
Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy
Two challenges in treating patients with estrogen-positive breast cancer (ER+) have been an inability to…
Identifying similarities between next-generation prostate cancer drugs
Researchers have shown for the first time how a class of advanced prostate cancer drugs…