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Lung cancer survival rates improve with CT scan follow-up
Patients with recurrent lung cancer have better post-surgery survival rates if their management includes a…
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Results of international trial show promise in rare, difficult to treat cancer
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) develop in the neuroendocrine system, responsible for producing the hormones that regulate…
Combination drug therapy shrinks pancreatic tumours in mice
A combination of two drugs appears to be effective at shrinking pancreatic cancers in laboratory…
Electronic trigger reduces delays in evaluation for cancer diagnosis
Electronic triggers designed to search for key data, developed by researchers at Baylor College of…
Cancer researchers publish landmark “basket study”
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have announced results from the first published…
Parkinson’s disease appears associated with many cancers in Taiwan
Parkinson disease (PD) appeared associated with 16 types of cancer in a study in Taiwan,…
Study suggests link between cholesterol drugs and lower risk of cancer death
Women who take statins – drugs that lower cholesterol levels – seem to have a…
Triple treatment keeps cancer from coming back
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, responsible for some 1.59 million…
‘Paradigm shift’ hailed in treatment of lung cancer
Tests showed new generation of drug that frees immune system to attack devastating form of…
Drug-resistant lung cancer may have Achilles heel
Drugs introduced more than a decade ago that target mutations in a protein known as…