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Restricting the growth and spread of head and neck cancers
Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry, USA, have discovered a key molecule that allows…
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Tumour-promoting immune cells retrained to fight most aggressive type of brain cancer
It’s a real-life plot worthy of a classic spy novel: Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital…
Study finds potential therapeutic target for paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia
Researchers have identified a gene expressed in children with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) that could…
New research outlines a critical driver in an immune cell’s defence against melanoma
Today in Nature Communications, researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, USA, report…
Intestinal polyps in close relatives can increase risk of colorectal cancer
Cancer of the colon and rectum is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, and…
Impact of randomised trial on use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer
In a Correspondence article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from University Hospitals…
Decoding the effect of body mass index on breast cancer
Medical researchers at Flinders University have established a new link between high body mass index…
Personalised follow-up care needed to address varying health burdens in breast cancer patients
As breast cancer becomes a largely curable disease, with more than 70% of women surviving…
Surgery to prevent breast cancer requires a patient-doctor dialogue about risks, benefits
Risk-reducing mastectomy saves the lives of women who, because of hereditary or other risk factors,…
Nanotechnology: new hope for bowel cancer
Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles…