The latest oncology news listed by date, covering all clinical focus areas, tumour types and more
Spatial maps of melanoma
Melanoma is a somewhat unusual cancer – one that blooms before our very eyes, often…
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Single-dose HPV vaccine recommendation is a “game changer” for cervical cancer elimination
Just one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is enough to provide sufficient protection…
Spotlight on oesophageal cancer
Oesophageal cancer affects more than 1,600 Australians each year, and men are more likely to…
Epigenetic regulator plays a role in drug resistance in some lung cancer patients
Doctors typically treat people with non small cell lung cancer, a prevalent and typically incurable…
Researchers load CAR T cells with oncolytic virus to treat solid cancer tumours
Researchers at Mayo Clinic’s Center for Individualized Medicine have devised an immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen…
Noncancerous chest CT features for predicting survival in stage I lung cancer
According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), noncancerous imaging markers on chest CT performed before stereotactic body…
Blood type may offer insights into risk of blood clot in people with cancer
A new Blood Advances study suggests that people with cancer and non-O blood types, such as types…
Lung cancer drug could improve survival rates for bladder cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Scientists from the University of Sheffield, UK, have discovered a drug already used to treat…
Novel therapeutic agents may reduce the oncogenesis of metastatic prostate cancer
Researchers have found that treating prostate cancer cells with novel cyclin-dependent kinase 19 (CDK19) and…
One in three UK cancer patients diagnosed as emergencies
More than a third of cancers in the UK are discovered after patients are rushed…