News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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First cancer-promoting oncogenes discovered in rare brain tumour of children and adults
Researchers have identified three genes that play a pivotal role in the brain tumour choroid…
MRI shows potential to improve breast cancer risk prediction
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides important information about a woman’s future risk of developing breast…
Psychologists aim to help Dr Google
Psychologists are to improve online health information on lung cancer after research showed that family…
New method detects more breast cancer in screening
Tomosynthesis detects 40% more breast cancers than traditional mammography does, according to a major screening…
Telomere Changes Predict Cancer
Changes in chromosomes years before cancer diagnosis could yield biomarker to predict cancer. A distinct…
Two-thirds of bowel cancer patients aren’t advised to exercise despite health benefits
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of bowel cancer patients say they weren’t advised to…
Two-week international diet swap shows potential effects of food on colon cancer risk
African-Americans and Africans who swapped their typical diets for just two weeks similarly exchanged their…
Recurrence of prostate cancer detected earlier with innovative PSMA-ligand PET/CT
A recent study reported in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine compared use of the novel Ga-68-PSMA-ligand PET/CT…
Researchers examine effects of flame retardants
There’s nothing like napping on the couch during a lazy weekend or lounging cosily while…
New screening technique could pick up twice as many women with ovarian cancer
A new approach to ovarian cancer detection developed by UNSW Vice-Chancellor Ian Jacobs could lead to widespread…