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NCCN launches roadmap for improving thyroid cancer care in LMICs
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) is introducing a new global resource to improve thyroid…
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Raising Awareness of Oral Cancers
How common are oral cancers? Why is early detection important? Do GPs and Dentists have enough awareness of these cancers?
Our Host Rachael Babin discusses these issues with surgeon Professor David Wiesenfeld from Melbourne, Australia.
New spatial imaging method measures flow of nutrients in tumours
Tumours are composed of rapidly multiplying cancer cells. Understanding which biochemical processes fuel their relentless…
Dual immunotherapy shows promise to treat recurrent or metastatic nasopharyngeal cancer
A team led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) with members from Singapore General…
Brain tumours are cognitive parasites – how brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline
Saritha Krishna, University of California, San Francisco and Shawn Hervey-Jumper, University of California, San Francisco…
ASCO 2023: Thyroid cancer precision approaches that incorporate targeted therapies and other treatments are changing the surgeon’s role
Historically, surgery was the first line of treatment for patients with thyroid cancer. Now, as…
ASCO 2023: Immunotherapy for brain cancer metastases shows clinical benefit
In a phase 2 clinical trial of the immune checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab, investigators found that…
Powerful chemotherapy drug reaches brain tumours using novel ultrasound technology
A major impediment to treating the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma has been that the most…
Cyteph secures vital funding for brain cancer immunotherapy phase 1 clinical trial
Cyteph, a spin-out biotechnology company from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, has been awarded a…
Saturated fatty acids promote immune escape of oral cancers
A team from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and School of Dentistry, led by Yu Leo…