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Young cancer survivors at greater risk of mental health disorders
Young cancer survivors are at greater risk of poor mental health, a new UNSW study…
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Nobel Prize awarded “for discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 was awarded jointly to James P. Allison…
Discovery paves way for improved ovarian cancer care
Melbourne scientists have revealed a better way to identify which patients should respond to PARP…
New cancer vaccine shows early promise for patients with HER2-positive cancers
Treatment with a HER2-targeted therapeutic cancer vaccine provided clinical benefit to several patients with metastatic…
Bacterial therapy tolerable, shows early promise in patients with advanced solid tumours
A phase I clinical trial investigating the use of bacterial Clostridium novyi-NT spores as an…
Chemotherapy patients are at risk from poor food safety practices at home
Ellen W. Evans, Cardiff Metropolitan University While chemotherapy is a gruelling form of treatment in…
Study shows value of breast cancer patients seeking second opinions
It’s early morning and a team of more than 20 professionals cram around a long…
BRCA1 mutations influence therapy resistance mechanisms in breast and ovarian cancers
In addition to impacting cancer risk, mutations in the BRCA1 gene also have a role…
Faecal microbiota transplantation helps restore beneficial bacteria in cancer patients
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre have shown that autologous faecal microbiota transplantation (auto-FMT)…
Unhealthy lifestyle responsible for 45,000 cases of bowel cancer in next decade: new research
A UNSW study shows that a large proportion of bowel cancers in Australia are preventable by…