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Diesel fumes at work cause 130 lung cancer cases every year
Cancer Council is calling for greater cancer awareness in the workplace, following new estimates that…
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Blood pressure drug may boost effectiveness of lung cancer treatment
A blood pressure drug may make a type of lung cancer treatment more effective, suggests…
Can we use a simple blood test to detect cancer?
Elin Gray, Edith Cowan University Breast cancer could be detected using a blood test, according…
Targeting fat to treat cancer
Fat isn’t just something we eat: it may also lie at the heart of a…
Case for liquid biopsies builds in advanced lung cancer
For patients with advanced lung cancer, a non-invasive liquid biopsy may be a more effective…
Ginger and chili peppers could work together to lower cancer risk
For many people, there’s nothing more satisfying than a hot, spicy meal. But some research…
Lung cancer patients whose tumour has spread to the brain could be spared WBRT
Patients with non-small cell lung cancer which has spread to the brain could be spared…
Smokers with newly discovered genetic markers have higher lung cancer risk
University of Hawai’i Cancer Center researchers have discovered new genetic markers associated with a fast…
Oxygen can impair cancer immunotherapy in mice
Researchers have identified a mechanism in mice by which anticancer immune responses are inhibited within…
Scientists discover drug combination slows lung cancer cell growth
Scientists have shown that a drug combination slows cancer cell growth in a type of…