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‘Sponge on a string’ could replace endoscopies
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that a ‘sponge on a string’ pill test can…
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Using clinical features to identify patients at high risk for melanoma
Can an individual’s risk factors for melanoma be used to tailor skin self-examinations and surveillance…
Women’s cancers: curable for the rich, often a death sentence for the poor
Ophira Ginsburg, University of Toronto; Lesong Conteh, Imperial College London; Lynette Denny, University of Cape…
Risk factors for prostate cancer aren’t what we think
When it comes to prostate cancer biopsies, risk and reality don’t always match up, according…
Best practice guidelines for melanoma care go digital
First-ever online guidelines adapting to rapid change in clinical management Health professionals treating melanoma patients…
Does a cancer cell’s shape hint at its danger?
Doctors can sometimes use a cancer cell’s genetics to predict how it will act -…
Women should be told about their breast density when they have a mammogram
Kara Britt, Monash University; Honor Joy Hugo, Queensland University of Technology; Jennifer Stone, University of…
Bone marrow inflammation predicts leukaemia risk
Cancer is generally thought to arise from genetic damage within individual cells, but recent evidence…
Scientists developing new test for breast cancer
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) are working with researchers in France to develop…
Cancer symptom awareness linked to chance of survival
In regions where cancer survival is poorer, people on average have lower awareness of cancer…