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Interferon not beneficial for most stage III melanoma
Final results for the Sunbelt Melanoma Trial, published online this month in the Journal of Clinical…
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A potential therapy for the most aggressive type of lung cancer in preclinical models
Lung cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancer, with more than 20,000…
Obesity promotes pancreatic and breast cancer
Study finds mechanism by which obesity promotes pancreatic and breast cancer Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)…
International Childhood Cancer Day
“Much remains to be done to fight childhood cancer” – IARC New estimates by the…
Women who survive breast or thyroid cancer are more likely to develop the other type later
The incidence of differentiated thyroid cancer, which includes papillary and follicular cancers, has increased nearly…
Researchers identify striking genomic signature shared by 5 types of cancer
National Institutes of Health researchers have identified a striking signature in tumour DNA that occurs…
How gut inflammation sparks colon cancer
Chronic inflammation in the gut increases the risk of colon cancer by as much as…
Chemotherapy error: clinicians may be deregistered after incorrect dose
The Guardian Australia. Hospitals failed to tell cancer patients they were under-dosed between July 2014…
Nanoparticle therapy that uses LDL and fish oil kills liver cancer cells
An experimental nanoparticle therapy that combines low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and fish oil preferentially kills primary…
HPV may lead to breast cancer
New research funded by National Breast Cancer Foundation has discovered that a sub-set of breast…