News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Online intervention may help men get their lives back on track after testicular cancer
Testicular cancer is the second most common form of cancer in young Australian men (18-39).…
Killer sea snail a target for new drugs
University of Queensland pain treatment researchers have discovered thousands of new peptide toxins hidden deep…
Breast cancer screening rates drop, despite new data on life saving benefits
Cancer Council is encouraging all eligible Australian women aged 50 to 74 to consider participating…
New grading system for prostate cancer makes for easy understanding
By Jill Margo – Australian Financial Review. A new streamlined grading system for prostate cancer, which hopefully…
Explainer: do common chemicals increase your risk of cancer?
Darren Saunders, UNSW Australia. New research about the risk of cancer from exposure to common…
How cancer abducts your immune cells – and what we can do about it
Thomas Caspari, Bangor University. Cancer cells play it dirty to get what they want. They…
Survival of the fittest: how brain tumours adapt through complex ecosystems
By Darren Ó hAilín, Freiburg University. Despite advances in medical technology and a constantly evolving understanding…
ASCO endorses ASTRO guideline on radiation therapy after surgery for endometrial cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued an endorsement of the American Society…
Arthritis drug could be used to treat blood cancer sufferers
Scientists at the University of Sheffield in the UK have discovered that a common drug…
Protein implicated in osteosarcoma’s spread acts as air traffic controller
The investigation of a simple protein has uncovered its uniquely complicated role in the spread…