Opinion pieces from oncology specialists in Australia and around the world.
Study highlights evolution of clinical trial terminology in the digital era
By Professor Craig Underhill. The COVID-19 pandemic has not only reshaped our daily lives but…
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Explainer: Why some patients like Kate Middleton receive both chemotherapy and surgery
Alexander Olawaiye, University of Pittsburgh When Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales, announced in March…
Further MRI reform required for fair access says RANZCR
Further reform to how Australians access MRI scans is required to ensure fair and equitable…
What breast cancer risk assessments can tell you
Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University Actress Olivia Munn recently shared on social media that she…
Radiation therapy takes advantage of cancer’s poor DNA repair abilities – an oncologist and physicist explain how
Behzad Ebrahimi, University of Chicago and Mark Korpics, University of Chicago Nearly half of all…
For cancer patients, maintaining muscle is vital to health and treatment, but staying strong is complicated
Meghan McCue, Laurentian University Nearly one-third of cancer patients die from a side-effect you’ve likely…
How AI could dramatically improve cancer patients’ prognosis
Frédéric Jallat, PhD, ESCP Business School With 1.2 million deaths in the 2020, or 23%…
‘I can see the characters’: how reading aloud to patients can break through ‘cancer fog’
Elizabeth Wells, University of South Australia If you were going through cancer treatment, wouldn’t you…
How to check your mouth for cancer – when getting to see a dentist is hard
Michael Ho, University of Leeds Regular dental check-ups and oral hygiene visits are important for…
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…