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Impact of randomised trial on use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer
In a Correspondence article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals…
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Decoding the effect of body mass index on breast cancer
Medical researchers at Flinders University have established a new link between high body mass index…
Personalised follow-up care needed to address varying health burdens in breast cancer patients
As breast cancer becomes a largely curable disease, with more than 70% of women surviving…
Surgery to prevent breast cancer requires a patient-doctor dialogue about risks, benefits
Risk-reducing mastectomy saves the lives of women who, because of hereditary or other risk factors,…
Nanotechnology: new hope for bowel cancer
Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles…
The micro-environment of breast cancer in three dimensions
Cancerous tumours thrive on blood, extending their roots deep into the fabric of the tissue…
Study shows pancreatic cancer cells reverse to advance malignancy
A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a previously unrecognised mechanism by which cancer cells…
Male bladder cancer vulnerability could lead to a new treatment approach
A protein variant common in malignant bladder tumour cells may serve as a new avenue…
Targeting drug-resistant breast cancer with oestrogen
Researchers at Dartmouth’s and Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC), USA, hope to make oestrogen…
Genetic changes in head and neck cancer, immunotherapy resistance identified
A multi-institutional team of researchers has identified both the genetic abnormalities that drive pre-cancer cells…