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Eight of 10 people with cancer risk genes don’t know it
Genomic screening of more than 50,000 people shows that more than 80% of those who…
Development of age-appropriate care for AYA with cancer in Canada
Breakthroughs in AYA cancer care are greatly aided by increased global collaboration – something more…
Researchers call for major re-think on sun safety
Most Australians are familiar with the ‘slip, slop, slap’ message, but new research suggests we’re…
A behavioural intervention for cancer patients that works
This is a story about something rare in health psychology: a treatment that has gone…
For women with genetic risk, twice-a-year MRI beats mammograms
Getting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans twice a year instead of one annual mammogram is…
Terrorism has a hidden health legacy – as 9/11 shows
Becky Alexis-Martin, Manchester Metropolitan University On September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda hijackers took control of…
INTERACTIVE: We mapped cancer rates across Australia – search for your postcode here
Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation Cancer is among the leading causes of death in Australia. As…
Is cancer fundraising fuelling quackery?
Figures published by The BMJ today show how crowdfunding for alternative therapies for patients with terminal cancer…
DNA test for predicting risk of leukaemia relapse
A group of Canadian and Korean scientists and physicians have developed the first DNA-based test…
Pilot study identifies specific H. pylori strain as chief risk factor for stomach cancer
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found a specific strain of Helicobacter pylori…