News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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ASCO 2016: Precision medicine yields better outcomes for patients in Phase I clinical trials
A meta-analysis of 346 phase I clinical trials involving more than 13,000 patients found that…
Colorectal cancer rate rising among younger people
A new study shows the rate of colorectal cancer (CRC) continues to increase in individuals…
Research points to possible new prevention strategies for ovarian cancer
The discovery of early changes in the cells of the Fallopian tubes of women carrying…
Evidence of link between cancer and light therapy inconclusive but warrants consideration
Two new studies raise enough questions about a possible link between childhood cancer and light…
Treating cancer with the help of someone else’s immune cells
A new step in cancer immunotherapy: researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute and University of…
Catching metastatic cancer cells before they grow into tumours: a new implant shows promise
By Rachel M Dudek, University of Michigan and Lonnie Shea, University of Michigan. “Cure” is a…
Palliative care should be embraced, not feared
By Ian Maddocks, Flinders University. Palliative care programs are well established in Australia but they aren’t…
Immunotherapy shows great promise
Stanley Riddell, M.D., oncologist and researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, discusses the…
Quality of life meets cure for prostate cancer treatment
Remember the game Operation? You need to carefully remove the body part without nicking the…
Cancer patients with depression ‘struggle to get their lives back after treatment’
People with depression are significantly less likely to recover well after treatment for colorectal cancer…