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COSA 2018: Cost of cancer treatment
Australia’s leading cancer charities have joined together to call for greater commitment and transparency from…
Browsing: Treatment and Support
UNSW research teams win grants to tackle pancreatic cancer
By Lucy Carroll Two top UNSW cancer researchers, Professor Christopher Heeschen and Associate Professor Phoebe…
Prostate cancer radiotherapy more precisely targeted with nuclear medicine imaging
Current standard imaging techniques for initial staging of prostate cancer often underestimate the extent of…
New flexible, transparent and wearable biopatch improves cellular observation and drug delivery
Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches…
Diagnostic timelines in young people with cancer
International projects exist to improve cancer awareness and early cancer diagnosis (1) driven by an assumption…
Anti-hormone therapy linked with higher heart failure risk in prostate cancer patients
Androgen deprivation therapy was associated with a 72 percent higher risk of heart failure in…
Will tarloxotinib finally break the HER2 barrier in lung cancer?
The HER2 gene is a well-known driver of breast cancer, where changes in this gene…
Gap in research means millions living with long-term consequences of cancer
Millions of people are living with the long-term consequences of cancer and its treatment, but…
Proton therapy for paediatric brain tumours has favourable cognitive outcomes
Proton therapy treatment for paediatric brain tumour patients is associated with better neurocognitive outcomes compared…
New immunotherapy technique can specifically target tumour cells
A new immunotherapy screening prototype developed by University of California, Irvine researchers can quickly create…