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Working night shifts unlikely to increase breast cancer risk
New research has found that working night shifts has little or no effect on a woman’s…
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New “beacon” method detects cancer recurrence
By Caleb Radford – The Lead SA. A new detection method for tumour recurrence in bowel…
Bone marrow inflammation predicts leukaemia risk
Cancer is generally thought to arise from genetic damage within individual cells, but recent evidence…
Diesel fumes at work cause 130 lung cancer cases every year
Cancer Council is calling for greater cancer awareness in the workplace, following new estimates that…
HPV vaccine reduces cervical pre-cancers in young US women, new research shows
Every 20 minutes, someone in the United States receives a cancer diagnosis related to human…
Ovarian removal to prevent ovarian cancer should not be an option for premenopausal women, research finds
The controversial practice of ovary removal in premenopausal women to prevent ovarian cancer should be…
Scientists developing new test for breast cancer
Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) are working with researchers in France to develop…
Men with high genetic chance of bowel cancer could have lower risk with healthy lifestyles
Men with a high genetic risk of developing bowel cancer over the next 25 years…
Your bra could kill you – and other breast cancer myths busted
By Naomi Elster – The Guardian. Rumours around the causes of breast cancer persist –…
Teen girls with a family history of breast cancer do not experience increased depression or anxiety
More and more girls are expected to have to confront breast cancer fears as modern…