News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Better sleep predicts longer survival time for women with advanced breast cancer
A new study reports that sleep efficiency, a ratio of time asleep to time spent…
Focused ultrasound reduces cancer pain
When cancer progresses and spreads to the bone, patients often suffer debilitating pain. Now, a…
ASCO issues two new guidelines on treating patients with advanced, HER2-positive breast cancer
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has issued two clinical practice guidelines on treating…
Where DNA’s photocopier pauses, cancer could be next
Each time a human cell divides, it must first make a copy of its 46…
Big Pharma, my cancer patient and me
Source: Guardian – Ranjana Srivastava. My patient was refused compassionate access to a cheap chemotherapy. Why?…
Herald Sun launch campaign to fund 36 cancer drugs
The Herald Sun launched a campaign on 4th May to get 36 cancer drugs listed…
Novogen CEO Graham Kelly says he will make an anti-cancer drug at an affordable price
Source: Herald Sun – Sue Dunlevy. Photo: Jim Trifyllis. An Australian drug company chief has made…
The price government puts on a year of your life is $50,000
Source: Herald Sun – Sue Dunlevy. The expert government committee that decides which medicines deserve…
Half of all UK cancer patients now survive at least 10 years
Fifty per cent of people diagnosed with cancer today will survive their disease for at…
Poor quality of life doesn’t predict low survival rates in high-risk lung cancer patients undergoing surgery
High-risk operable lung cancer patients have poorer quality of life scores than the normal U.S.…