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The Body Deserves Our (Compassionate) Attention
In a busy health care practice, the oncology clinician is faced with many competing demands…
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Enlarged prostate could actually be stopping tumour growth, simulations show
For men older than about 60, an enlarged prostate means feeling the urge to make…
Genetic and metabolic differences may help explain inconsistencies in studies on diet and breast cancer
While research suggests that increasing dietary intake of lignans (nutrients found in whole grains, vegetables,…
Scientists discover potential to prevent cancer in children with neuroblastoma
A team including UNSW Sydney researchers has discovered the link between a cancer-causing gene and a…
A new toolkit for studying how ‘PARP’ activity boosts cancers
A new method developed by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is…
Bacteria promote lung tumour development, study suggests
MIT cancer biologists have discovered a new mechanism that lung tumours exploit to promote their…
Commonly used anti-rejection drug could be repurposed to treat some liver cancers
Research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in animal models and patient tissues…
Researchers discover method to ‘turn off’ mutated melanoma
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer and notorious for its resistance to conventional…
Do all chemotherapies have equal long-term heart risk?
In long-term survivors of childhood cancer, cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of early death…
High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers
The first report from a phase II, multi-centre clinical trial indicates that a newer and…