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Switching chemo on and off to reduce side effects
A new anti-cancer drug that could be switched ‘on’ and ‘off’ inside the body has…
Blood test could quickly predict if the drug palbociclib will help breast cancer patients
A new study has found a blood test for cancer DNA could predict if a…
Light-activated cancer drugs without toxic side effects
Future cancer drugs that are activated by light and don’t cause the toxic side-effects of…
New international practice guidelines for tamoxifen treatment based on CYP2D6 genotype
An international group of clinicians and scientists representing the Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) published…
Why basal cell tumours return when drug treatment stops
What happens when the most common and least threatening type of cancer gets complicated? A…
30 year treatment drought breaks for most common form of bladder cancer
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved pembrolizumab (KEYTRUDA 200mg, every three weeks) as monotherapy for…
Cancer immunotherapy may work better in patients with specific genes
Cancer cells arise when DNA is mutated, and these cells should be recognised as “foreign”…
We don’t need to change how we subsidise ‘breakthrough’ cancer treatments
Richard De Abreu Lourenco, University of Technology Sydney; Marion Haas, University of Technology Sydney, and…
Experimental drug trial seeks to improve treatment for head and neck cancer
A trial to test an experimental drug in patients with head and neck cancer launches…
COSA 2017: Do new drugs require new models of funding?
Attendees at the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting discussed whether new immunotherapy…