News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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A decade on, vaccine has halved cervical cancer rate
By The BBC. The world’s first cancer vaccine was administered in Australia exactly 10 years…
Breast cancer survivors left with lifelong financial burden
A Macquarie University study into the financial cost of lymphoedema borne by women who have…
More chemo drugs don’t improve treatment of rare bone cancer
Osteosarcoma patients with tumours that haven’t responded well to the standard chemotherapy regimen have unimproved…
Vitamin C may boost effectiveness of acute myeloid leukemia treatment
A simple adjustment to patients’ therapeutic regimen may improve the effectiveness of the standard epigenetic…
Young people with cancer should have affordable options to preserve their fertility
Antoinette Anazodo, UNSW Australia and Brigitte Gerstl, UNSW Australia Due to significant advances in diagnosis…
How a nasty, brain-eating parasite could help us fight cancer
Hany Elsheikha, University of Nottingham. We’ve known since the turn of the 20th century that…
Expecting the worst increases side-effects in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant hormone therapy
A study of women receiving hormone therapies such as tamoxifen as part of their treatment…
Excess weight linked to eight more cancer types
There’s yet another reason to maintain a healthy weight as we age. An international team…
How often should you have a mammogram? Breast density and risk can inform decision
Women between the ages of 50 and 74 may benefit from more or less frequent…
‘Born to be bad’ or ‘born to be benign’ – testing cells for oesophageal cancer risk
Genetically analysing lesions in the food pipe could provide an early and accurate test for…