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Working night shifts unlikely to increase breast cancer risk
New research has found that working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman’s…
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‘Game-changing’ immunotherapy doubles head and neck cancer survival
An immunotherapy drug has been hailed as a potential ‘game changer’ after being found to…
New “beacon” method detects cancer recurrence
By Caleb Radford – The Lead SA. A new detection method for tumour recurrence in bowel…
ESMO 2016: Significant survival gains from neoadjuvant chemo for high-risk soft tissue sarcoma
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with an anthracycline plus ifosfamide was associated with significant survival gains in patients…
Diesel fumes at work cause 130 lung cancer cases every year
Cancer Council is calling for greater cancer awareness in the workplace, following new estimates that…
Immediate breast reconstruction reduces psychological impact of mastectomy
Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) can avoid some of the psychological effects of undergoing mastectomy for…
HPV vaccine reduces cervical pre-cancers in young US women, new research shows
Every 20 minutes, someone in the United States receives a cancer diagnosis related to human…
ASTRO 16: Cardiac risk a factor when considering hormonal therapy for prostate cancer
Men who received hormonal therapy for prostate cancer had a net harm if they had…
Expectations may not match reality among cancer patients in some early phase clinical trials
In a study of cancer patients considering whether they should participate in phase I clinical…
Blood pressure drug may boost effectiveness of lung cancer treatment
A blood pressure drug may make a type of lung cancer treatment more effective, suggests…