News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Attending breast cancer screening reduces risk of death by 40 percent
Women aged 50-69 years who attend mammography screening reduce their risk of dying from breast…
Triple treatment keeps cancer from coming back
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, responsible for some 1.59 million…
Rabbit virus kills some cancer cells
University of Florida Health researchers have discovered that a rabbit virus can deliver a one-two…
Breast Cancer @ASCO: New treatments may prolong health
Promising advances in research could mean longer, healthier lives for women with breast cancer, the…
Pembrolizumab shows real promise against head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy with the anti-PD-1 antibody pembrolizumab (Keytruda) was effective in one out of four patients…
‘Paradigm shift’ hailed in treatment of lung cancer
Tests showed new generation of drug that frees immune system to attack devastating form of…
New research shows immunotherapy targeting several cancers
Immunotherapy, which has shown remarkable success against advanced melanoma skin cancers, is now being used…
Combining targeted drug with chemotherapy offers longer life to b-cell cancer patients
Because of the significant benefit found in combining the targeted drug ibrutinib with standard chemotherapy…
Eating a Mediterranean diet could cut womb cancer risk
Women who eat a Mediterranean diet could cut their risk of womb cancer by more than half…
Removing more breast tissue reduces by half the need for second cancer surgery
Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of breast cancer patients a…