News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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A protein causes significantly higher risk of severe cancer progression for men
A remarkable number of life-threatening diseases manifest more severely in males than in females. One…
Weighing cancer cells to personalise drug choices
Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (USA) have developed a new way to determine…
‘Research autopsy’ helps scientists study why certain cancer therapies stop working
A new research study at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G.…
Are too many Phase III cancer clinical trials set up to fail?
New research in the September 2021 issue of JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer…
High burden of liver, stomach and cervical cancers among the Hispanic/Latino population highlights access to care challenges
A new report shows that although Hispanic men and women in the continental United States…
Cancer shortens lifespan in transplant recipients
People who have received organ transplants face an elevated risk of developing cancer, primarily due…
Can fruit fly research help improve survival of cancer patients?
The experience of a fruit fly dying from cancer may seem worlds away from that…
Black women face three-fold increased risk of triple negative breast cancers
An analysis of nearly 200,000 patients who received mammograms between 2006 and 2015 across three…
Left breast radiation therapy doubles heart disease risk compared to right breast radiation therapy in young women
Radiation therapy is an effective and widely used treatment for breast cancer. While the benefits…
Handheld photoacoustic finder for diagnosing cancer metastasis without radiation
Massaging the upper arm is known to relieve the body of swelling by stimulating the…