News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Can electroacupuncture speed up recovery from post-prostatectomy incontinence?
Radical prostatectomy (RP) remains a cornerstone treatment for localised prostate cancer, with more than 85%…
Can aspirin help prevent cancer in older adults? A new Aussie study says “it depends”
For decades, low-dose aspirin has been investigated as a possible cancer-preventing agent. Observational studies and…
Fish oil supplements may not work for certain cancer patients
About 19 million American adults consume dietary fish oil supplements. These supplements, which primarily consist…
Scientists find few links between cancer and microbiome
About a dozen studies in the past five years have made claims linking nearly every…
Patient-reported outcomes provide independent prognostic information in cancer
A new systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Oncology suggests that patient-reported outcomes (PROs)…
Immunotherapy duo shows promise in Australian rare ovarian and endometrial clear cell cancers study
A phase 2 Australian-New Zealand study has reported encouraging results for the combination of nivolumab…
Nicotinamide supplementation linked to reduced skin cancer risk in large cohort study
A large-scale retrospective study from the US Veterans Affairs (VA) system suggests that oral nicotinamide…
Machine learning may guide liver transplant vs resection decisions in hepatocellular carcinoma
In an invited commentary in JAMA Network Open, Dr Varvara A. Kirchner and Dr Timothy…
“Beware of how you are exposed”: PFAS disrupt healthy function in human liver cells
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), manmade chemicals that accumulate in the body over time, have…
New study reveals a hidden risk after cervical cancer
For women who’ve overcome cervical cancer, new research points to another health risk that may…