News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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ESMO 2017: Study in Early Stage Breast Cancer Shows That Even Small Tumours Can Be Aggressive
Even small tumours can be aggressive, according to a study in patients with early stage…
ESMO 2017: Abemaciclib Initial Therapy Improves Outcome in Endocrine-sensitive Advanced Breast Cancer
The results of the MONARCH 3 trial, presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid,…
ESMO 2017: Patients feel psycho-social impact of chemo more acutely than physical side effects
The preliminary results of a study presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid show…
Bowel cancer screening cost effective, but does not reduce health inequalities
Bowel-cancer screening in New Zealand will improve health cost effectively, according to University of Otago…
No dye: Cancer patients’ grey hair darkened on immune drugs
Cancer patients’ grey hair unexpectedly turned youthfully dark while taking novel drugs, and it has…
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Immune cells with a general knack for recognising and killing many types of infected or…
Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment
How well cancer patients fared after chemotherapy was affected by their social interaction with other…
Scientists shed new light on mechanism behind radiation bystander effect
More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are…
Is cancer just a question of ‘bad luck’?
By Yvane Wiart, Université Paris Descartes – USPC “Doctor, what caused my cancer?” For doctors, this…
Latest research shows surgery for early stage prostate cancer doesn’t save lives
By Ian Haines, Monash University From the 1980s, when prostate screening became available, many men…