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Outdated treatment, uncertain funding and failure to battle big causes of cancer – with one…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