News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Africa’s growing and neglected cancer problem: We will all suffer
Miles A. Pomper and Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey Uganda’s only radiation…
Delirium in advanced cancer patients often goes undetected in the emergency department
A new study indicates that delirium is relatively frequent and underdiagnosed by physicians in patients…
Drug targeting BRAF mutation slows thyroid cancer
In the era of precision medicine, targeting the mutations driving cancer growth, rather than the…
ASCO issues new guideline on chronic pain management in adult cancer survivors
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) issued a new clinical practice guideline on management…
New research opens the ‘black box’ of malignant melanoma
When malignant melanoma metastasizes to the brain, it is a death sentence for most patients.…
Truce: First online group program for young Australian people facing parent’s cancer
A group support program for young people dealing with a parent’s cancer is being run…
Mice survive brain cancer tumours lacking key surface proteins
A new scientific study has characterised a checkpoint protein that allows certain brain tumour cells…
Radiologists do not face elevated risk of radiation-related mortality
Radiologists who graduated from medical school after 1940 do not face an increased risk of…
Lower risk of bowel cancer death linked to high omega 3 intake after diagnosis
A high dietary intake of omega 3 fatty acids, derived from oily fish, may help…
New cancer treatment? Scientists have programmed bacteria to kill cancer cells in mice
Thomas Williams Scientists are successfully experimenting with a creative approach to treat cancer by genetically…