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Raised blood platelet levels ‘strong predictor’ of cancer
Having a high blood platelet count is a strong predictor of cancer and should be…
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Immunotherapy target suppresses pain to mask cancer
Once hailed as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, immunotherapies are now raising concerns as doctors…
Just one alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer risk, exercise lowers risk
Drinking just one glass of wine or other alcoholic drink a day increases breast cancer…
Among all cancers, lung cancer appears to put patients at greatest suicide risk
A lung cancer diagnosis appears to put patients at the greatest risk of suicide when…
Where body fat is carried can predict cancer risk
Scientists have found that carrying fat around your middle could be as good an indicator…
Scientists to test Zika virus on brain tumours
UK scientists will test whether the Zika virus can destroy brain tumour cells, potentially leading…
Multiple sclerosis antibody shrinks tumours in preclinical models
While studying the underpinnings of multiple sclerosis, investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,…
Erectile dysfunction medicines show no link to melanoma in new analysis
Use of the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra does not cause the development of melanoma, a…
Overweight boys at greater risk of colon cancer as adults, but losing weight may modify risk
New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Porto, Portugal (17-20 May) suggests…
Australian researchers pioneer life-extending treatment for advanced melanoma patients with brain tumours
Australian researchers are the first to demonstrate that patients with advanced melanoma which has spread…