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Your bra could kill you – and other breast cancer myths busted
By Naomi Elster – The Guardian. Rumours around the causes of breast cancer persist –…
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Teen girls with a family history of breast cancer do not experience increased depression or anxiety
More and more girls are expected to have to confront breast cancer fears as modern…
ASTRO 2016: Radiation boost reduces local tumour recurrence for DCIS patients following WBRT
A supplemental “boost” of radiation improves local control and provides an incremental benefit in decreasing…
Fatty diet activates oldest branch of immune system, causing intestinal tumours
A high-fat-diet-induced immune reaction causes inflammation leading to intestinal cancer in a mouse model –…
ASTRO 2016: Cervical and endometrial cancer patients report fewer side effects and better quality of life with IMRT
Patients with cervical and endometrial cancer have fewer gastrointestinal and genitourinary side effects and experience…
The Long Read: How Microsoft computer scientists and researchers are working to ‘solve‘ cancer
By Allison Linn. How Microsoft computer scientists and researchers are working to “solve” cancer At Microsoft’s…
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…
New immunotherapy for leukaemia shows promise in small clinical trial
A new type of immunotherapy shows promise against cases of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) that…
Implant facilitates early detection of metastatic cancer cells and improves survival, study finds
A small device implanted under the skin can improve breast cancer survival by catching cancer…
Study suggests pancreatic cancer could be detected early in patients with newly developed type 2 diabetes
New research presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) meeting…