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Limited evidence that styrene causes cancer
Limited evidence that styrene, a high volume plastics chemical and animal carcinogen, causes cancer in…
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Cancer genes can exist outside our chromosomes
New Ludwig Research will shift how cancer diversity and resistance are understood and studied Ludwig…
Mathematical analysis of best therapy choice: containment vs aggressive treatment
In cases where drug resistance can lead to treatment failure, new research shows that therapies…
Newfound effect of cancer drug may expand its use
A drug first designed to prevent cancer cells from multiplying has a second effect: it…
Researchers study patients’ genetic and susceptibility risk factors for lymphoedema
Each year, about 1.38 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. Advances in diagnosis…
Melanoma research breakthrough gives hope to treatment
A QUT-driven project has identified the way in which melanoma cells spread, opening up new…
Can a dying patient be a healthy person?
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University and James W Lynch, University of Florida The news was bad.…
Programming anti-tumoural bacteria
Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumours and activated…
This new treatment could make pancreatic cancer a manageable disease
Deborah Ogbeni, University of Hertfordshire and Louise Mackenzie, University of Hertfordshire Cancer is among the…
An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
Studies abound that point to a role for plain old aspirin in keeping deadly cancers…