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Scientists genetically engineer patients’ own cells to attack cancer
In a pioneering trial taking place in London, doctors are harnessing patients’ own immune systems…
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Obesity contributes to metastasis in ovarian cancer patients
Ovarian cancer is a deadly disease, one that’s hard to detect until it has progressed…
Study offers insights to how ovarian cancer grows, and potential to stop it
Can any cancer cell form another tumour, or is it only select cancer stem cells…
Breast and ovarian cancer risk may have association with sense of smell
The association between menstrual cycle activity and breast and ovarian cancer risk may have an…
Research explains limits of cancer immunotherapy drugs
Immunotherapy treatments have proven wildly successful in treating some patients with cancer. But despite this…
Image-guided intensity modulated radiation therapy reduces bowel side effects in cervical cancer patients
For cervical cancer patients undergoing post surgical radiation therapy, image-guided intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IG-IMRT) resulted…
The BRCA1 Gene Patent Ruling – An Australian Perspective
By Dr Hilda High for oncologynews.com.au Two weeks after Myriad Genetics’ BRCA1 patent expired, Yvonne…
Preventing cancer: Study finds dramatic benefits of weight-loss surgery
Tremendous changes seen in women most at risk for cancer A study looked at the…
Almost 30% of girls turning 15 not fully immunised against HPV
Around 38,400 of the estimated 137,460 girls aged 15 in 2013 were not fully immunised…
Cancer researchers publish landmark “basket study”
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have announced results from the first published…