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Cancer-causing HTLV-1 virus is common in parts of Australia
This ancient virus has been infecting humans for over 1500 years, and new figures show…
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Is your lung cancer really ROS1-negative?
Drugs like crizotinib are used to treat patients with ROS1-positive lung cancer. But which patients…
Public unaware of cancer risk from too little exercise, study reports
It has long been accepted that regular exercise can assist in helping to prevent or…
Solving its insolubility, researchers discover method to deliver curcumin to cancer cells
In India and other countries in Southeast Asia, curcumin is often used as a spice…
Early trauma may be risk factor for anxiety and depression in adults with head/neck cancer
Among individuals with head and neck cancer (HNC), those who experienced childhood trauma were more…
Prioritise cardiac monitoring for high-risk breast cancer patients
Overall, heart failure is an uncommon complication of breast cancer treatment; however, the risk is…
How common is endometrial cancer in women with postmenopausal bleeding?
Postmenopausal bleeding is a common symptom among most women with endometrial cancer but most women…
Rapid diagnostic coupled with local therapy developed for brain tumours
In the race to deliver therapeutics to treat brain cancer and prevent recurrence, the blood-brain…
Sensor could help doctors select effective cancer therapy
MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells…
Magnetic nanoparticles deliver chemotherapy to difficult-to-reach spinal tumours
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have demonstrated that magnetic nanoparticles can be…