News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Alcohol consumption contributes to cancer, even in moderate drinkers
Drinking alcohol increases the risk of several types of cancer, and was responsible for 236…
NASA technology applied in breast cancer study
Getting spacecraft ready for launch may have more to do with medical research than you…
Researcher develops new, non-invasive method to wipe out cancerous tumours
Matthew Gdovin, an associate professor in the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of…
Gaps in supportive care for Aboriginal patients highlights disparities
Delegates at the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer Conference were told yesterday that…
Study Shows Survivor Guilt in Lung Cancer is Real
New research presented at the Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) Conference in Adelaide yesterday…
Cancer Council Australia welcomes Opposition disease prevention plan that will save Australian lives
Opposition disease prevention plan will save more than 55,000 Australian lives in anti-smoking measures alone.…
Why do some cancers suddenly disappear?
By Momna Hejmadi, University of Bath It is hard to believe that some cancers miraculously disappear,…
Coffee won’t give you cancer, unless it’s very very hot, then it might
By Bernard Stewart, UNSW Australia. The World Health Organisation’s cancer arm made two announcements this week:…
Stanford scientists create ‘guided chemotherapy missiles’ that target cancer cells and spare healthy ones
By Amy Adams. Latching chemotherapy drugs onto proteins that seek out tumours could provide a…
Cancer-preventing protein finds its own way in our DNA
Geneticists from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that tumour protein TP53 knows exactly where to…