Opinion pieces from oncology specialists in Australia and around the world.
New mechanism uncovered in the first oncogene, over 40 years later
In the late 1970s, the relationship between the c-Src gene and cancer was discovered. The…
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The future of medicine: 50-year forecast offers hope for HIV and cancer patients and predicts climate change to increasingly set agenda
René Rohrbeck, EDHEC Business School; Ahmed Khwaja, Cambridge Judge Business School; Heikki Karjaluoto, University of…
Brain tumours can bring long-term disability – but some diagnosed are being refused NDIS support
Kathy Boschen, Flinders University and Caroline Phelan, Flinders University The ABC is reporting how terminally…
Cancer has many faces − 5 counterintuitive ways scientists are approaching cancer research to improve treatment and prevention
Vivian Lam, The Conversation How researchers conceptualize a disease informs how they treat it. Cancer…
People with intellectual disability are often diagnosed with cancer when it is already well advanced
Martin McMahon, Trinity College Dublin Many people with intellectual disability are diagnosed with cancer when…
‘I’m not going to be cured’. How breast cancer awareness and support sidelines people with metastatic disease
Sophie Lewis, University of Sydney; Andrea Smith, University of Sydney, and Katherine Kenny, University of…
Mauritius sea sponge produces chemicals that can kill liver cancer cells – findings are a positive first step
Rima Beesoo, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research For thousands of years, medicines have been…
Making preventive care fair: New approaches like self-testing at home can save lives and promote health equity
Nav Persaud, University of Toronto and Aisha Lofters, University of Toronto A fresh approach to…
The silence around vulval cancer means people are missing the signs that they have it
Sophie Rees, University of Bristol Most people have heard of cervical, ovarian, and perhaps womb…
I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, now what?
Marilynne N Kirshbaum, Charles Darwin University In one pivotal instant your life has changed and…