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Expecting the worst increases side-effects in breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant hormone therapy
A study of women receiving hormone therapies such as tamoxifen as part of their treatment…
Aggressive lung cancer’s aggressiveness may be its Achilles’ heel
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a flaw in the…
Molecule prevents effect of chemotherapy
Annually about 2000 Danish patients with colorectal cancer are treated with chemotherapy. Today, a range of…
Nivolumab in advanced lung cancer: Indication of major added benefit
Nivolumab has been approved since April 2016 as a checkpoint inhibitor for the treatment of…
Venetoclax safe & shows promise in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia
Patients whose acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) had relapsed or was resistant to chemotherapy and those…
Researchers restore drug sensitivity in breast cancer tumours
A team of cancer researchers has uncovered one way certain tumours resist vital medication. In the…
Cancer Research UK launches new trial to test drug against resistant bladder cancer
A clinical trial to test a drug which may stop bladder cancers becoming resistant to…
Monoclonal antibody nearly doubles overall survival
Cytotoxic chemotherapy followed by allogeneic bone marrow transplantation when feasible has been the standard of…
Increasing access to cannabis-based medicine in NSW
Doctors in NSW will now be able to apply to prescribe a broader range of…
Drug targeting BRAF mutation slows thyroid cancer
In the era of precision medicine, targeting the mutations driving cancer growth, rather than the…