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Cholesterol can ‘fuel’ breast cancer
Source: BBC Science A by-product of cholesterol can fuel the deadly growth and spread of…
New cooling cap technology improves breast cancer patients’ comfort
Researchers from the North Sydney Mater Hospital conducted the first Australian study of scalp cooling…
Real Housewives of Chemotherapy
During her very engaging talk at this years COSA Annual Scientific Meeting Professor Kate White mentioned a…
New Biomarker May Predict Which Breast Precancers Will Progress
Source: AACR Measuring the presence and amount of the protein Vav2 may help identify breast…
Breast cancer: death rates down despite women avoiding screening
Source: The Telegraph – SUE DUNLEVY Only one in two eligible women are taking advantage…
‘Potential breakthrough’ for breast cancer treatment
Source: The Telegraph – LAURA DONNELLY A new HRT pill that could prevent breast cancer…
Blood pressure drug improves effect of chemotherapy in mice
Source: Cancer Research UK TRIED AND TESTED blood pressure drug may improve the effects of…
Walking an hour a day keeps breast cancer at bay
Sources: BBC and ecancer.org WOMEN can significantly reduce their risk of breast cancer by simply walking…
Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders – Higher Rates of Cancer
Source: Cancer Australia and ABC’s PM Program CANCER Australia’s 2013 study ‘Cancer in Aboriginal and Torres…
NICE approves tamoxifen as a preventative in UK – will Australian women be offered this treatment?
New guidance published by NICE a “game changer” for UK women with genetic risk of…