News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Almost 30% of girls turning 15 not fully immunised against HPV
Around 38,400 of the estimated 137,460 girls aged 15 in 2013 were not fully immunised…
Can a modified poliovirus fight advanced prostate cancer too?
Duke researchers made a big splash in the news last spring when 60 Minutes featured…
Medicare to list 30-minute breast cancer treatment
By David Stacey – UWA. An innovative radiotherapy technique that has the potential to revolutionise…
How we’re building a community to beat oesophageal cancer
“I am the face behind your pipettes.” Review of the Cancer Research UK International Conference…
Chemo drug works by tricking cells into thinking they’re infected
A type of chemotherapy drug appears to work by tricking cells into thinking they’re infected with…
Treating ‘stage 0’ breast cancer doesn’t always save women’s lives so should we screen for it?
Christobel Saunders, University of Western Australia We’re told that “prevention is better than cure”; that…
Researchers find new code that makes reprogramming of cancer cells possible
Cancer researchers dream of the day they can force tumour cells to morph back to…
Cancer researchers publish landmark “basket study”
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have announced results from the first published…
Fertility concerns impact breast cancer treatment decisions
Concerns about fertility kept a third of young women with breast cancer from taking tamoxifen,…
Generic heart medication shown to prolong ovarian cancer patients’ survival
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers demonstrate a benefit in overall survival among epithelial ovarian cancer…