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Vitamin A may help improve pancreatic cancer chemotherapy
The addition of high doses of a form of vitamin A could help make chemotherapy…
Telstra wins contract for new National Cancer Screening Register
By Lucy Carter – ABC News. Telstra has been awarded a lucrative Federal Government contract to build…
Facing my fear: telling a cancer patient he was going to die
By Jalal Baig – The Guardian. I was reluctant to let a young patient know he had…
Coping with active surveillance anxiety in prostate cancer
Men with prostate cancer who are under close medical surveillance reported significantly greater resilience and…
New 3D hydrogel biochips prove to be superior in detecting bowel cancer at early stages
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular…
Study shows patients require less painkilling medication after breast-cancer surgery if they have opiate-free anesthesia
New research presented at Euroanaesthesia 2016 (London 27-30 May) shows that patients undergoing breast cancer…
GFC linked to over 260,000 additional cancer deaths
Unemployment and reduced public-sector health spending following the 2008 global economic crisis were associated with…
New ASCO cervical cancer guideline addresses global resource disparities
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued its first clinical practice guideline on invasive cervical cancer.…
Doctors should prescribe gardening for patients more often
By Sarah Johnson – The Guardian. Those suffering from cancer, dementia and mental health problems can benefit…
ASCO 2016: PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab provides long-term survival benefit
Long-term follow-up from a phase Ib trial (KEYNOTE-001) in newly diagnosed and previously treated patients…