News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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‘Quadrapeutics’ works in preclinical study of hard-to-treat tumours
Source: Rice University – Jade Boyd. Photo: D. Lapotko and E. Lukianova-Hleb/Rice University Animal tests show…
New treatment helps young women preserve their fertility during chemotherapy
A landmark global randomised clinical trial has shown inducing temporary ‘hibernation’ of the ovaries of…
New device isolates most aggressive cancer cells
Not all cancer cells are created equal: some stay put in the primary tumour, while…
Weight loss surgery also safeguards obese people against cancer
Weight loss surgery might have more value than simply helping morbidly obese people to shed…
Adding lapatinib to adjuvant trastuzumab does not improve outcomes in early stage HER2-positive breast cancer
Findings from a large phase III study, ALTTO (Adjuvant Lapatinib and/or Trastuzumab Treatment Optimisation), suggest…
How prostate cancer sufferers can add a year to their lives
Source: Australian Financial Review – Jill Margo. Researchers have extended the lives of men with…
Skin cancer a possible downside of Viagra
Source: SMH – Amy Corderoy Men who use impotence drugs such as Viagra could be…
New experimental wonder drug a cancer buster
Source: Herald Sun – Brigid O’Connell. Victorians with advanced chemotherapy-resistant leukaemia or are too frail…
Astra-Zeneca cancer drug hailed as ‘great white hope’ in fight against illness
Source: The Guardian – Rupert Neate. Drug MEDI4736 fast-tracked to phase-III trials following tests on…
Scientists discover ‘brakes’ to stop cancer-causing ‘car-crashes’ in cells
Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a new role for a protein that may put…