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Researchers identify novel potential combination therapy for childhood brain tumours
Medulloblastoma, the most common brain cancer in children, may arise from biological abnormalities in neural…
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Women older than 75 may not reap death benefit from continued mammography screening
Healthy American women over the age of 75 years might not benefit from continuing breast…
Scientists developing new vaccine approach for most aggressive brain cancer
Scientists are developing a combined vaccine to fight the most deadly form of brain cancer.…
Extra chromosomes in cancers can be good or bad
Cancer cells are notorious for their genetic disarray. A tumour cell can contain an abundance…
Study finds inflammation caused by radiation can drive triple-negative breast cancer
While radiation is successfully used to treat breast cancer by killing cancer cells, inflammation caused…
Imaging can guide whether liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients
Tracking brain cancer with a blood test instead of a surgical biopsy may greatly improve…
A common gut microbe secretes a carcinogen
Cancer mutations can be caused by common gut bacteria carried by many people. This was…
Researchers announce progress in developing an accurate, noninvasive urine test for prostate cancer
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the US have made significant progress…
Omega-3 fats do not protect against cancer: study
Omega-3 fats do not protect against cancer—according to new research from the University of East…
Study shows genetic effects of pre-surgical chemo in breast cancer
esults from one of the first studies to determine the effects of pre-surgical, or neoadjuvant,…