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Radiation and vaccination can magnify effects of immunotherapy
By combining local radiation therapy and anti-cancer vaccines with checkpoint inhibitors, researchers from the University…
Molecular imaging of neuroendocrine tumours optimises radiotherapy dose
Aggressive neuroendocrine cancer is something of a dark horse—a rare, elusive and persevering force linked…
Young cancer survivors are more likely to smoke than people without cancer history
Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have found that cancer survivors…
Middle aged more likely to be diagnosed with advanced lung cancer
Younger patients – aged 50 to 64 – are more likely to be diagnosed with…
New research provides hope for patients with hard-to-treat breast cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have found a new way to slow the growth of the…
ASCO 2016: Double Stem-Cell Transplant Improves Outcomes for Children with High-Risk Neuroblastoma
Historically, less than 50% of children with high-risk neuroblastoma live five or more years after…
ASCO 2016: Mediterranean diet may help stop breast cancer coming back, study says
By Sarah Boseley – The Guardian. Out of 199 women asked to eat lots of…
Saturated fatty acids linked to breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Fatty acids in the breast may be useful indicators of cancer in postmenopausal women, according…
Learning the language of cells will help scientists beat cancer
By Mohan Harihar, University of Leicester. Chemotherapy is a blunt weapon. It kills cancer cells…
ASCO 2016: Chemotherapy combination with capecitabine extends survival after pancreatic cancer surgery
A European phase III trial, one of the largest ever conducted in pancreatic cancer, showed…