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Toward glow-in-the-dark tumours: New fluorescent probe could light up cancer
What if you could plaster cancer cells with glowing “Here We Are” signs, so surgeons…
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‘Sniffing’ urine to detect prostate cancer could prevent unnecessary biopsies
On the list of dreaded medical tests, a prostate biopsy probably ranks fairly high. The…
To treat or not to treat prostate cancer – assessing AEs and QOL
Two studies published by JAMA examine the adverse effects and quality of life as reported…
How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder
Alessandro R Demaio, University of Copenhagen and Anna Beale, Monash University Today, almost two in…
Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack…
Fluciclovine PET/CT improves radiotherapy targeting for recurrent prostate cancer
The featured clinical investigation article of the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine demonstrates…
Increasing expression of chemical cytokine ‘LIGHT’ in mice with colon cancer activated immune system’s natural cancer-killing T-cells
Anti-tumour immune therapy for colon cancer works in mice A chemical found in tumours may…
Tumour protein could hold key to pancreatic cancer survival
A diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is often a death sentence because current chemotherapies have little…
Regular CA125 testing may help detect ovarian cancer in high-risk women
The combined results of two ovarian cancer screening trials suggest that a personalised strategy involving…
ECCO 2017: Breast conserving may be benefit some early breast cancer patients over mastectomy
Breast conserving therapy (BCT, breast conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy) is superior to mastectomy…