News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
Browsing: Editor’s Choice
COSA 2014: Lack of follow-up care puts childhood cancer survivors at risk
Many childhood cancer survivors are missing out on critical follow-up care later in life, with…
Hype around cannabis as a treatment for cancer is undeserved
By Victoria Forster – Newcastle University. Cannabis has long been touted as containing chemicals that might work…
Bowel cancer patients live longer in private hospitals, study shows
By Julia Medew – SMH. Public hospitals are being asked to review their treatment of…
E-cigarettes contain up to 10 times more carcinogens
By Harumi Ozawa – MedicalXpress. The electronic devices—increasingly popular around the world, particularly among young…
Two studies identify a detectable, pre-cancerous state in the blood
Researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and Harvard-affiliated hospitals…
Half a million new cancers in 2012 due to being overweight or obese
A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the specialised cancer…
Changes to PBS rules offer patients with prostate cancer new hope
By Rachael Babin. Patients with advanced metastatic prostate cancer have been given new hope by…
The Problem With Prostate Screening
By Richard J. Ablin – New York Times. Scientific data from clinical trials provides the foundation…
Clumped cancer cells spread more efficiently through the body than lone ones
By Mohit Kumar Jolly, Rice University. Clumped cancer cells: new research indicates cancer cells are…
Clinical trial to target ovarian and breast cancers
The Australian first Women’s Health, Creating Change trial will focus on women’s reproductive cancers, such as ovarian,…