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Nanotechnology based blood test to predict aggressive prostate cancer accurately
A new diagnostic developed by Alberta scientists will allow men to bypass painful biopsies to…
ASCO 2017: Healthy Lifestyle After Colon Cancer Diagnosis Helps Patients Live Longer
A study of 992 patients with stage III colon cancer found that those who reported…
Australian experts concerned men with prostate cancer not informed of all treatment options
Cancer experts and patient advocacy groups are using Men’s Health Week 2017 (12-18 June) to highlight…
Five years before brain cancer diagnosis, changes detectable in blood
Changes in immune activity appear to signal a growing brain tumour five years before symptoms…
New practice-changing research will reduce the need for major surgery in many melanoma patients
New findings from a large international clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine…
ASCO 2017: Higher gut bacteria diversity tied to slower metastatic melanoma progression
The blend of bacteria in the digestive tract of metastatic melanoma patients is associated with…
Balance, gait negatively impacted after chemotherapy treatment
A single chemotherapy treatment can result in a significant negative impact on walking gait and…
ASCO 2017: Two combination therapies shrink melanoma brain metastases in more than half of patients
High response rates to a pair of combination therapies point to potentially new options for…
ASCO 2017: Behavioural therapy lowers survivors’ fear of cancer recurrence
About 50% of all cancer survivors and 70% of young breast cancer survivors report moderate…
ASCO 2017: New Drug Shows Durable Efficacy Across Diverse Pediatric and Adult Cancers
Scientists may have developed the first targeted, oral, tumour-type agnostic therapy – a cancer medicine…