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Loyalty card data could help to identify ovarian cancer symptoms sooner
Loyalty card data on over-the-counter medicine purchases could help spot ovarian cancer cases earlier according…
New biomarker strategy devised to screen for, diagnose deadly heart complication from cancer treatment
Researchers have devised a new biomarker-based strategy to screen for a rare and deadly complication…
Epigenetics breaks into the clinical practice of cancer
In the early 1980s, the first changes in DNA related to a chemical modification called…
New ‘capsules’ aim to deliver more effective targeted cancer drug therapies
Australian and New Zealand researchers have developed tiny metal ‘containing capsules’ for targeted delivery of…
Hospital parking fees contribute to financial toxicity for cancer patients
Transportation to and from cancer centres for outpatient cancer treatments has been identified as one…
How AI found the words to kill cancer cells
Using new machine learning techniques, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) in the USA, in…
The Lancet Special Issue: Advancing racial and ethnic equity in science, medicine and global health
Timed to Human Rights Day on 10th December, The Lancet dedicates an issue to advancing racial and…
Novel nanoparticles deliver innovative cancer chemoimmunotherapy
University of Pittsburgh researchers have designed cancer-targeting nanoparticles that co-deliver a chemotherapy drug and a…
Experts warn of a European cancer epidemic in the next decade if weaknesses in cancer health systems and cancer research are not urgently addressed
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in cancer health systems and in the cancer research…
Moderate exercise helps colorectal cancer patients live longer by reducing inflammation and improving gut bacteria, including in patients who are obese
Regular physical activity can extend colorectal cancer patients’ lives. In a first-ever study, scientists looked…