News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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No Advertising Please: prescribers need evidence, not marketing
By Martin Tattersall, Professor of Cancer Medicine, University of Sydney. The recent launch of the No…
Cancer test waiting times to be cut in England, Labour pledges
Source: BBC No-one in England will have to wait more than a week for cancer…
Increase in PSA after prostate cancer surgery may not lead to metastasis
Some prostate cancer patients whose prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels increase after a radical prostatectomy may…
Human cancer prognosis is related to newly identified immune cell
A newly discovered population of immune cells in tumours is associated with less severe cancer…
Many older people have mutations linked to leukaemia and lymphoma in their blood cells
At least 2 percent of people over age 40 and 5 percent of people over…
Cryptic clues drive new theory of bowel cancer development
Melbourne researchers have challenged conventional thinking on how the bowel lining develops and, in the…
Experimental white blood cell treatment shows ‘remarkable’ promise in leukaemia
An experimental treatment that trains a patient’s immune system to attack their cancer caused remission…
New test can help doctors choose best treatment for ovarian cancer
Researchers have devised a new test to help doctors diagnose ovarian tumours and choose the…
Exercise benefits colon cancer survivors
Source: Rob Payne – Science WA. Colon cancer survivors who engage in moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise…
Cancer care inequality contributes to mortality gap
Source: Kerrin Thomas – ABC. Cancer patients in non-metropolitan areas are dying at a higher rate…