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Physics of tumours: Cancer cells become fluidised and squeeze through tissue
Working with colleagues from Germany and the US, researchers at Leipzig University, Germany, have achieved…
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Cholesterol starvation kills lymphoma cells
Scientists at Northwestern Medicine, USA, have developed a novel therapy to trick cancer cells into…
New biomarker may predict which pancreatic cancer patients respond to CD40 immunotherapy
Inflammation in the blood could serve as a new biomarker to help identify patients with…
Insight about tumour microenvironment could boost cancer immunotherapy
A paper published today in Nature shows how chemicals in the areas surrounding tumours – known as…
Technology allows doctors to see beam field during radiation treatment
Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC), USA, is the first cancer centre in the world…
Global demand for cancer surgery set to grow by almost 5 million procedures within 20 years
Demand for cancer surgery is expected to increase from 9.1 million to 13.8 million procedures…
Response to cancer immunotherapy may be affected by genes we carry from birth
For all their importance as a breakthrough treatment, the cancer immunotherapies known as checkpoint inhibitors…
Study finds shorter radiation regimen safe, effective for men with advanced prostate cancer
A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA, found shortening…
Poor brain cancer survival outcomes on the rise
A first-of-its-kind Australian study has revealed rates of brain lymphoma have quadrupled since the 1980s…
Oesophageal cancer: 3-D printed stents deliver breakthrough treatment
World-first 3-D printed oesophageal stents developed by the University of South Australia could revolutionize the…