News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Hormonal contraceptives and hair dyes increase breast cancer risk
In her recent doctoral dissertation, researcher Sanna Heikkinen from the University of Helsinki and Finnish…
Five myths about the new cervical screening program that refuse to die
Terri Foran, UNSW The online petition against changes to Australia’s cervical cancer screening program has…
Light scattering spectroscopy helps doctors identify early pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rate among all major cancers, largely because physicians lack…
Updated phase II results of sulfatinib for neuroendocrine tumours
Data from the ongoing phase Ib/II clinical trial of sulfatinib in patients with advanced neuroendocrine…
Physical exercise during chemotherapy helps gastrointestinal cancer
Walking or jogging helps patients with advanced gastrointestinal cancer to cope better with the side…
Mechanism triggering spread of prostate cancer to bones found
A Washington State University researcher has found a way that prostate cancer cells hijack the…
Hodgkin lymphoma survivors at high risk of second cancers
Patients who are cured of Hodgkin lymphoma are at a high risk of developing a…
Genetic similarities open up treatment options for non-BRCA breast tumours
Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and their collaborators have discovered that a greater…
Cancer-causing benzene found in e-cigarette vapours operated at high power
Significant levels of cancer-causing benzene in e-cigarette vapors can form when the devices are operated…
Unexpected link between cancer and autism
Researchers have observed that a protein called SHANK prevents the spread of breast cancer cells…