Editor's Choice When a Fetus’s Test Finds a Mother’s Cancer July 21, 2015 By Anna Nowogrodzki – MIT Technology Review. Mothers-to-be expecting to learn about chromosomal defects from a non-invasive…
Commentary Cancer taskforce tells NHS: get up to date and save 30,000 lives a year July 21, 2015 Outdated treatment, uncertain funding and failure to battle big causes of cancer – with one…
Commentary Art and science combine to reveal the inner workings of our DNA July 21, 2015 Kate Patterson, Garvan Institute and Susan Clark, Garvan Institute How can cells that contain the…
Breast Cancer Scientists solve breast and ovarian cancer genetic mystery July 21, 2015 Francis Crick Institute scientists, funded by Cancer Research UK, have solved a decades-old mystery and…
Cancer Drug News Promising drug for childhood acute leukemia – where to next? July 14, 2015 A new Australian study shows that a recently-developed drug, already used safely in adult leukaemia…
Editor's Choice Cancer survivors may face unique challenges when trying to adopt July 14, 2015 A new study has found that US cancer survivors’ options for adoption may be limited…
Breast Cancer Treating breast cancer with progesterone could aid survival July 14, 2015 A special technique where breast cancer cells are “rescued” for research has been developed at…
Commentary Failure to set up affordable cervical cancer tests costs South Africa July 14, 2015 Gwinyai Masukume, University of the Witwatersrand. Part of South Africa’s strategy to prevent cervical cancer…
Editor's Choice Liquid biopsy identifies mutations in colorectal cancer undetected in tissue biopsy July 14, 2015 An international, randomised, phase III study has analysed the DNA of 503 patients with metastatic…
Editor's Choice Young adults who survive cancer hospitalised more often than the general population July 14, 2015 Advances in the treatment of adolescents and young adults with cancer have resulted in higher…