News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Treatment plan helps keep young cancer patients home
An Australian program that avoids hospital admission for some young cancer patients with a fever…
Cancer patients less likely to be prescribed cardioprotective medications
As cancer survivor rates increase with modern treatments, cardiovascular disease (CVD) rates are rising in…
Blood cancer find raises new treatment hopes
New QIMR Berghofer research has identified how an early genetic change in blood and bone…
For acute myeloid leukaemia, genetic testing is often worth the wait
New tailored therapies offer exciting prospects for treating acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), but taking advantage…
How does cancer develop resistance to treatment?
Cancer cells can turn on error-prone DNA copy pathways to adapt to cancer treatment, a…
New Evidence of Dangers of High-Fat Diet on Pre-cancerous Conditions
New QIMR Berghofer research indicates that a high-fat diet over a long period of time…
Diet and gut microbes affect cancer treatment outcomes
What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy – and likely many other medical…
Telephone interventions could be used to reduce symptoms of cancer
Telephone interventions could be used to successfully treat symptoms of cancer such as fatigue, depression…
Preventing pancreatic cancer metastasis by keeping cells ‘sheltered in place’
Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, USA, have shown that pancreatic cancer metastasis…
Study reveals first evidence inherited genetics can drive cancer’s spread
Sometimes cancer stays put, but often it metastasises, spreading to new locations in the body.…