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International Childhood Cancer Day
“Much remains to be done to fight childhood cancer” – IARC New estimates by the…
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Women who survive breast or thyroid cancer are more likely to develop the other type later
The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer, which includes papillary and follicular cancers, has increased nearly…
Researchers identify striking genomic signature shared by 5 types of cancer
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a striking signature in tumour DNA that occurs…
How gut inflammation sparks colon cancer
Chronic inflammation in the gut increases the risk of colon cancer by as much as…
Chemotherapy error: clinicians may be deregistered after incorrect dose
The Guardian Australia. Hospitals failed to tell cancer patients they were under-dosed between July 2014…
Nanoparticle therapy that uses LDL and fish oil kills liver cancer cells
An experimental nanoparticle therapy that combines low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and fish oil preferentially kills primary…
HPV may lead to breast cancer
New research funded by National Breast Cancer Foundation has discovered that a sub-set of breast…
10-fold difference worldwide in new cases of, and deaths from, bowel cancer
There’s a 10-fold difference worldwide in the numbers of new cases of bowel cancer and…
A cancer’s surprise origins, caught in action
First demonstration of a cancer arising from a single cell Researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital…
CRT announces license agreement with MSD to develop inhibitors of PRMT5 for cancer and blood disorders
Cancer Research Technology (CRT) – the development and commercialisation arm of Cancer Research UK – has…