Find the latest oncology news for your sub-specialty area
Liver cancer deaths climb by around 50% in the last decade
Liver cancer deaths have increased by around 50% in the last decade and have tripled…
Browsing: Clinical Focus
Tiny cancer tracers could lift survival rates
Nanoparticles that can detect complex cancer cells and potentially improve five-year survival rates are headed…
Rotavirus vaccine: A potential new role as an anticancer agent
Numerous vaccines, from flu shots to those those that help thwart chickenpox and measles, are…
Cancer researcher recognised at AFR Women of Influence Awards
By Lucy Carroll Paediatric oncologist Associate Professor Tracey O’Brien has been recognised at the AFR…
Patients aged 85 years and older generally fare well after colectomy
As people are living longer, more elderly patients are being diagnosed with age-related colon cancer,…
Amplifying others’ voices: meet childhood cancer researcher Claire Wakefield
By Isabelle Dubach “Your child has cancer.” Being confronted with a child’s serious illness –…
Next-generation sequencing detects rare fusion genes in sarcoma tumours
Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have determined that RNA-based next generation sequencing picks up gene…
Enter the exosome: How cancer and immune cells communicate
Cells can’t text each other the way we can, but they can still communicate. One…
Mitochondrial activity in lung tumours predicts response to drug inhibitor
Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and David Geffen School of Medicine at…
Blood test can predict prognosis in deadly brain cancer
A blood test that measures the amount of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream -…