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High BMI may improve cancer survival
Above average or high BMI – often linked to cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases…
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New treatment options for aggressive lymphomas
Combining a new anti-cancer drug targeting Mcl-1 with current cancer therapies could be an effective…
Have we been using the wrong sort of radiation to treat cancer?
Radiation therapy is a key pillar of cancer treatment, a way to kill tumours before…
MINDACT trial data reveal certain women with luminal breast cancer may be undertreated with tamoxifen alone
Among women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with a high clinical risk (determined…
Adding tucatinib to drug combination extends survival for advanced HER2-positive breast cancer patients
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today reported study results showing…
Breast cancer preventive effects of anastrozole persist long after stopping treatment
Breast cancer incidence among post menopausal women at high risk for developing the disease continued…
Neoadjuvant and adjuvant treatment with pembrolizumab improves pathologic complete response rates for patients with triple-negative breast cancer with lymph node involvement
The addition of the anti-PD-1 immunotherapeutic pembrolizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and as adjuvant therapy increased…
Research sheds important light on the metastasis of neuroblastoma
Neuroblastoma can grow and spread in the body very aggressively, making it very difficult to…
Promising new approach to treating some of the worst types of leukaemia
A collaborative research effort by Australian and US scientists has led to the discovery of…
Anti-CTLA-4 antibody tremelimumab shows efficacy in patients with metastatic bladder cancer
Treatment with the investigational anti-CTLA-4 agent tremelimumab showed clinical responses in patients with pretreated metastatic…