News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Chest radiation to treat childhood cancer increases patients’ risk of developing breast cancer
A new study has found that patients who received chest radiation for Wilms tumour, a…
Let’s Talk About Sex: Assessing and Responding to Psychosexual Concerns After Cancer Treatment by Kim Hobbs
Whilst improvements in treatments for many cancers have resulted in better survival outcomes, for survivors…
‘Take more risks,’ WA Chief Scientist urges researchers
By Tony Malkovic – Science WA. Scientists should take more risks in their research and…
It’s time to stop ignoring lung cancer
By Joanna Moorhead – The Guardian. Thirty percent of people with lung cancer will die…
Aspirin may cut mortality in nonmetastatic prostate cancer
Daily aspirin use, even at low doses, may reduce mortality among men with high-risk non…
Scientists engineer toxin-secreting stem cells to treat brain tumours
Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital have devised a new way to…
Video: Is that double mastectomy really necessary?
When Angeline Vuong, 27,was diagnosed with cancer in one breast earlier this year, her first…
UK cancer centre receives £10 million for state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine
A UK research partnership will purchase one of the world’s most advanced radiotherapy machines and…
Genomic sequencing more efficient in predicting breast cancer risk than previously thought
Using genomic sequencing data on all currently known genetic alterations in breast cancer, it is…
Cancer drug discovery system is broken, global summit hears
The global system for discovering new cancer drugs is ‘broken’, and failing to turn dramatic…