News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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High Value Care screening advice for five common cancers
In a paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued advice…
In sickness and in health: how marriage helps cancer patients
By Nial Wheate, University of Sydney and Parth J. Upadhyay, University of Sydney. A growing body…
Why we musn’t assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
By Katie Newby, Coventry University. In a recent article in The Times Magazine, the notorious drug…
Workers exposed to cancer-causing agents deserve compensation
By Terry Slevin, Cancer Council Australia. Unlike workplace accidents, where injuries can be relatively quickly assessed…
The tattoos that turn breast cancer surgery scars into works of art
By Joanna Moorhead – The Guardian. After mastectomy operations, some women are choosing to reclaim their bodies…
Advanced viral gene therapy eradicates prostate cancer in preclinical experiments
Even with the best available treatments, the median survival of patients with metastatic, hormone-refractory prostate…
80 percent of cervical cancers found to be preventable with latest 9-valent HPV vaccine
The new 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine, can potentially prevent 80 percent of cervical cancers in…
Men with high estrogen levels could be at greater risk of breast cancer
Men with naturally high levels of the female hormone oestrogen may have a greater risk…
Study links father’s age and risk of blood cancer as an adult
A new study links a father’s age at birth to the risk that his child…
Disrupting cancer pathway could enhance new immunotherapies
Understanding how to overrule a signalling pathway that can cause treatments to fail in metastatic…