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Personalised breast cancer treatment has saved millions
In just three decades, the once monolithic approach to diagnosing and treating breast cancer has…
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Cancer test predicts treatment outcome
University of Queensland researchers have announced a new tool in the fight against cancer, with…
Aspirin ‘may double life expectancy of cancer patients’
A daily dose of aspirin can double the life expectancy of patients with cancers affecting…
Primary surgery is linked with survival benefit in patients with advanced throat cancer
Patients with cancers of the mid- and lower throat may have higher survival rates if…
Differences between tumours of younger and older colorectal cancer patients
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is on the rise among younger patients. Although some of the younger-onset…
Titanium and gold based compound fights kidney cancer cells
Researchers developed a promising metal-based compound that destroys kidney cancer cells, while leaving normal cells…
Molecular ‘feedback loop’ may explain tamoxifen resistance in patients with breast cancer
For reasons unknown, many patients with breast cancer treated with the estrogen receptor-blocking drug tamoxifen…
Promising drugs turn immune system on cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that a class of experimental drug treatments already in…
Combination drug therapy shrinks pancreatic tumours in mice
A combination of two drugs appears to be effective at shrinking pancreatic cancers in laboratory…
Surgical probe seeks out where cancer ends and healthy tissue begins
A new surgical tool that uses light to make sure surgeons removing cancerous tumours “got…