News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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ASCO 2017: Olaparib slows growth of BRCA-related metastatic breast cancer
Findings from a phase III clinical trial of about 300 women may introduce PARP inhibitors…
ASCO 2017: CAR T-Cell Therapy Sends Multiple Myeloma Into Lasting Remission
In an early clinical trial, 33 out of 35 (94%) patients had clinical remission of multiple myeloma upon receiving a new type of…
ASCO 2017: Psychological intervention relieves distress in patients with advanced cancer
Advanced cancer triggers enormous distress and brings challenges that can seem overwhelming. Yet, most cancer…
ASCO 2017: Remote therapy program improves quality of life, lowers distress after diagnosis
Most patients experience significant distress after they are diagnosed with cancer. This distress not only…
ASCO 2017: Steady decrease in severe health problems for childhood cancer survivors
Treatments for childhood cancer are often intense and carry the risk of lifelong health problems…
Open-access genetic screening for hereditary breast cancer is feasible and effective
Ashkenazi Jewish women are known to have a predisposition to the inherited breast cancers BRCA1…
Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of uterine cancer
An international study has found that women who have breastfed at least one child have…
New genetic cause of kidney cancer in children discovered
Scientists have identified a new genetic cause of a childhood kidney cancer called Wilms tumour…
Lung cancer rates in women on the increase – except in the highest socioeconomic areas
New research by Cancer Council NSW has found that overall lung cancer incidence in NSW…
Cold virus, stem cells tested to destroy deadly brain cancer
A first-of-a-kind neural stem cell therapy that works with a common cold virus to seek…