News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Consuming three alcoholic drinks a day may cause liver cancer – study
Denis Campbell – The Guardian. World Cancer Research Fund says analysis of 34 previous studies pinpoints…
Experts Back Angelina Jolie Pitt in Choices for Cancer Prevention
By Pam Belluck – New York Times. Cancer experts said Tuesday that the actress and filmmaker Angelina…
Do we need to end the ‘war’ on cancer?
David Hauser and Richard Wassersug – The Guardian. We use so much militaristic language to describe cancer. It…
Cancer Survivors call for a Survivorship Care Framework
After the recent Survivorship 2015 Conference (6-8 February) in Adelaide, a group of consumers who…
Curcumin proved effective at combating cancer
WA scientists have helped re-affirm that curcumin, a chemical compound found in turmeric, is a…
New possibilities for the treatment of breast cancer arise, with the help of mathematics
A means of reprogramming a flawed immune response into an efficient anti-tumoural one was brought…
New genome-editing technology to help treat blood cancers
Melbourne researchers have developed a new genome editing technology that can target and kill blood…
Study identifies ‘lethal’ subtype of prostate cancer
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Cancer Research defines a new, distinct…
Happy 50th anniversary to cisplatin, the drug that changed cancer treatment
By Nial Wheate, University of Sydney and Michael Apps, University of Sydney. This year marks…
Nanotechnology shows promise for more accurate prostate cancer screening
A Northwestern University-led study in the emerging field of nanocytology could one day help men…