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Australia set to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035
Australia is set to become the first country in the world to eliminate cervical cancer…
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Health-related quality of life overlooked in cancer drug studies
A McMaster University-led review and analysis of randomised clinical trials is questioning whether interventions which…
Explainer: what is Helicobacter pylori?
Phil Sutton, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute In 1982, two Australians – Robin Warren and Barry…
Delay in replacing the Pap smear with HPV screening is costing lives
Alejandra Castanon, Queen Mary University of London It was established a decade ago that testing…
How two 1990s discoveries have led to (some) cured cancers, and a Nobel Prize
Craig Gedye, University of Newcastle This year’s award of the Nobel Prize for Physiology and…
Analysis of published studies links processed meat consumption to breast cancer risk
Studies on red and processed meat consumption with breast cancer risk have generated inconsistent results.…
Antibiotic effective in breast cancer clinical trial
Scientists fighting cancer have carried out the first successful trial of the effects of the…
Q&A: Treatment for Hurthle cell thyroid cancer
Dear Mayo Clinic: Is it common to only have a partial thyroidectomy to remove Hurthle…
Diet affects the breast microbiome in mammals
Diet influences the composition of microbial populations in the mammary glands of nonhuman primates, researchers…
High-risk HPV linked to improved survival in cervical cancer
The presence of the human high-risk papillomavirus (hrHPV) in the diagnosis of invasive cervical cancer…