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Ageing impacts therapeutic response of melanoma cells
Cancer risk increases with one’s age as accumulated damage to our cells and chronic inflammation…
UK cancer surgery to be live-streamed via virtual reality technology
By Ben Quinn – The Guardian. Surgeon Shafi Ahmed will carry out procedure for viewers to watch…
Microneedle Patch Delivers Localised Cancer Immunotherapy to Melanoma
Biomedical engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at…
Shorter, intensive radiation can be recommended in early prostate cancer
Giving early-stage prostate cancer patients a slightly higher daily dose of radiation can cut more…
Weekly dose: Taxol, the anticancer drug discovered in the bark of a tree
By Nial Wheate, University of Sydney. Taxol is a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of…
Newly discovered clues to the cause of chemoresistance in small cell lung cancer
Small cell lung cancer is not usually detected until it is at an advanced stage,…
Researchers opening a new front against childhood cancer
There can be no more heartbreaking diagnosis for a child than that of cancer. It…
Breast cancer: Prolonged overnight fasting may be important for survival
In patients with breast cancer, a short overnight fast of less than 13 hours was…
No evidence that genetic tests change people’s behaviour
Genetic tests that provide an estimate of an individual’s risk of developing diseases such as…
Smartphones could improve skin cancer detection in developing countries
Everyone knows smartphones can be used as calendars, calculators, radios and cameras. But, did you…