News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Nearly half of testicular cancer risk comes from inherited genetic faults
Almost half of the risk of developing testicular cancer comes from the DNA passed down…
New research finds sex is a rare occurrence for nearly half of cancer survivors
Health and academic organisations are calling for more awareness of the sexual issues faced by…
New leukemia gene stops blood cells ‘growing up’
Scientists have identified a gene – FOXC1 – that, if switched on, causes more aggressive…
iwCLL Conference Review
The 16th meeting of the International Workshop on Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (iwCLL) and the associated…
Will pembrolizumab improve recurrence-free survival for patients with high-risk melanoma?
By John Bean, PhD – European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer. A recently opened…
A hint of increased brain tumour risk—five years before diagnosis
By Emily Caldwell. A new study suggests that changes in immune function can occur as…
Breast cancer incidence, death rates rising in some economically transitioning countries
A new study finds breast cancer incidence and death rates are increasing in several low…
New cancer drugs are very expensive – here’s how we work out value for our money
Jonathan Karnon, Hossein Haji Ali Afzali, and Laura C Edney. The Senate Standing Committee on Community…
Opt-in approach best for donating biospecimens
Cancer patients consenting to donate their removed tumour tissue following surgery, considered the act ‘no…
An Amazon of tumours
An extra from Light at the end of the scalpel What if there were a vast…