News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Light at the end of the scalpel
Telling cancer from non-cancer is tough for brain surgeons. Scorpions, Amazon.com and the legacy of…
Aspirin could hold the key to supercharged cancer immunotherapy
Giving cancer patients aspirin at the same time as immunotherapy could dramatically boost the effectiveness…
Cancer culture has changed, but not necessarily for the better
By Lee Page – University of Warwick. Cancer has lost its stigma but that has…
Acupuncture reduces hot flashes in breast cancer survivors
Acupuncture may be a viable treatment for women experiencing hot flashes as a result of…
Diabetes drug may help in leukaemia
Source: The BBC A drug used to treat diabetes could help in the fight against…
New genetic mutation identified in melanoma cancer cells
There is strong evidence that the protein complex APC/C may function as a tumour suppressor…
Targeting newly discovered pathway sensitizes tumours to radiation and chemotherapy
In some patients, aggressive cancers can become resistant to chemotherapy and radiation treatments. In a…
Australian First: Zero Childhood Cancer Program
Personalised medicine program aims to push childhood cancer survival rates to 100% Children’s Cancer Institute…
Victorian researchers pinpoint our cancer risk
Victorian men in their mid-60s have a one in six chance of developing cancer within…
Some with low-risk prostate cancer not likely to succumb to the disease
Men with relatively unaggressive prostate tumours and whose disease is carefully monitored by urologists are…