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Social networking analysis helps identify cancer biomarkers
The advent of online social networks has led to the rapid development of tools for…
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New research shows immunotherapy targeting several cancers
Immunotherapy, which has shown remarkable success against advanced melanoma skin cancers, is now being used…
Australian research unearths new treatment hope
A new cancer-fighting medicine has shown the ability to extend the lives of people with…
Cancer survivors have evolving information needs
Judging by the nature and topics of their information seeking, cancer patients’ information needs appear…
Contraceptive and cholesterol-lowering drugs used to treat cancer
The combination of a cholesterol-lowering drug, Bezafibrate, and a contraceptive steroid, Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, could be…
High Value Care screening advice for five common cancers
In a paper published today in Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians (ACP) issued advice…
Why we musn’t assume smoking and drinking only leads to certain cancers
By Katie Newby, Coventry University. In a recent article in The Times Magazine, the notorious drug…
Two-thirds of bowel cancer patients aren’t advised to exercise despite health benefits
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of bowel cancer patients say they weren’t advised to…
Two-week international diet swap shows potential effects of food on colon cancer risk
African-Americans and Africans who swapped their typical diets for just two weeks similarly exchanged their…
New proton therapy technique brings hope of more effective treatment
Radiotherapy using protons can deliver more accurate treatment to a tumour while reducing the dose…