News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Tomato extract fights stomach cancer – ripe for further study
The use of tomato should be explored to develop supportive strategies against gastric cancer, researchers…
First study of oncolytic HSV-1 in children & young adults with cancer indicates safety and tolerability
HSV1716 – an oncolytic herpes simplex virus-1 – has been studied in adults via injection…
Specialist cancer nurses: the key to best care for cancer patients
Nurses make a central contribution to cancer care and are integral to effective multidisciplinary team…
Scientists precisely date cancer and unearth secrets about what could help make it deadly
Scientists have put precise timings on the history of a patient’s cancer for the first…
Cell changes drive breast cancer relapse
Relapse is now the main cause of death for breast cancer patients. Researchers have found…
Simple post-surgery step significantly reduces bladder cancer recurrence
Flushing the bladder with a common chemotherapy drug after a cancerous tumour is surgically removed…
Tumour trained T cells go on patrol
‘Tumour-trained’ immune cells – which have the potential to kill cancer cells – have been…
TRACEBACK for change in ovarian cancer
Australian women diagnosed with ovarian cancer before 2013, and their families, will be proactively identified…
Breakthrough study stops fat-eating prostate cancer cells
Patients with castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) usually have a poor prognosis. In part, this…
HPV screening and vaccination to avert over 6000 cases of rare cervical cancer type by 2040
A new Australian-first study by Cancer Council NSW has estimated the impact of HPV vaccination…