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Combination therapy incorporating 3 new agents shows promise as treatment for aggressive lymphoma
New research from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) shows that promising cancer drugs used in…
Relapses of childhood leukaemia improve with high doses of chemotherapy drug Methotrexate
Study Also Finds Use of the Steroid Decadron Beneficial for Younger—But Not Older—Patients With a…
Taking aspirin could increase cancer survival by 20 percent
Patients receiving cancer treatment could increase their chance of survival by up to 20% and…
Tamoxifen Listed for Prevention on the PBS
Thousands of Australian women will benefit from the 22nd April 2016 announcement that the breast…
Scientists discover how chinese medicinal plant makes anti-cancer compound
New research led by Professor Cathie Martin of the John Innes Centre has revealed how a plant…
St Vincent’s scandal
By Nial Wheate, University of Sydney – originally published on The Conversation. (ONA Editor’s note: The final section of…
Weekly dose: Taxol, the anticancer drug discovered in the bark of a tree
By Nial Wheate, University of Sydney. Taxol is a chemotherapy drug used in the treatment of…
NICE recommends abiraterone for prostate cancer
NICE has issued final guidance recommending abiraterone (marketed as Zytiga by Janssen) for some prostate…
Why some tumours withstand treatment
New cancer drugs allow doctors to tailor treatment based on the genetic profile of a…
HIV drug could stop skin cancer becoming drug-resistant
An HIV drug could stop one of the early changes in skin cancer cells that…