News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Cancel cervical cancer – In conversation with Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay experts
Despite being highly preventable, the Pan American Health Organization estimates cervical cancer kills 35,700 women…
Policies favouring high-volume hospitals may disadvantage rural cancer patients
Patients with cancer who live in rural Pennsylvania counties appear to know that they may…
How naked mole rats resist aging
Heterocephalus glaber or naked mole-rats (NMRs)—a mammal species native to Eastern Africa—are the longest-living rodents with…
Some costly cancer drugs can have unclear patient benefits
Cancer drugs are a dominant area in the pharmaceutical industry, constantly developing and launching new…
Metastatic prostate cancer characterised using mathematical modeling during treatment
In a new study published and included on the cover of the journal Cancer Research, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers…
Existing cancer drugs have potential to benefit thousands more patients
New research, published in Nature Genetics, shows that more people may benefit from PARP inhibitor drugs,…
Does access to assisted suicide affect trends of conventional suicide among patients with cancer?
An analysis published in Cancer Medicine reveals the trends of self-initiated deaths—including assisted suicide (AS) and conventional…
Poor, middle-aged Australians are more likely to die from cancer – and the gap is widening
Kadir Atalay, University of Sydney and Rebecca Edwards, University of Sydney A cancer diagnosis is…
Flinders University and CALHN strengthen focus on cancer research
Flinders University and Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) are delighted to welcome. outstanding cancer…
Wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier
When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100…