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Researchers pinpoint why lymphoma patients may become resistant to specific therapy
With more targeted therapies being approved each year for cancer, the development of drug resistance…
Study shows safest method for prostate cancer biopsies
The Gale and Graham Wright Prostate Centre at North York General Hospital (NYGH) is advancing…
How Rwanda could be the first country to wipe out cervical cancer
The East African country’s campaign to end cervical cancer through the HPV vaccine has had…
Cancer screening rates decline when patients see doctors later in day
Compared to patients who see their primary care doctor earlier in the day, cancer screening…
New brain tumour imaging technique uses protein found in scorpion venom
A novel imaging technique that uses a synthesised form of scorpion venom to light up…
Diabetes linked to numerous cancers in large Chinese study
A new Journal of Diabetes study from China, which has the highest number of people with diabetes…
New drug effective in overcoming ibrutinib resistance in mantle cell lymphoma
A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated how a small…
Vaccine design can dramatically improve cancer immunotherapies
When it comes to the effectiveness of nanotherapeutic vaccines, shape matters. A Northwestern University team…
Prostate cancer patients with gene mutation at three times the risk of dying
Scientists have identified a gene mutation in the tumours of men with prostate cancer that…
Empathy in healthcare is finally making a comeback
Jeremy Howick, University of Oxford A doctor friend – let’s call her Anne – was…