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Robotic rectum may aid prostate cancer diagnosis
A robotic rectum may help doctors and nurses detect prostate cancer. The technology, which consists…
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New technology helps ID aggressive early breast cancer
When a woman is diagnosed with the earliest stage of breast cancer, how aggressive should…
Immune-based therapy in mice shows promise against pancreatic cancer
While immune therapy has proven effective in treating certain types of cancer, especially lung cancer…
Leukaemia drug shows potential for rare type of ovarian cancer
A drug already approved for leukaemia patients could also be used to treat a specific type…
Ovarian cancer study provides painstaking look at inner workings of tumours
Tom Rickey, PNNL. Study focuses on proteins, the key molecular players in cancer biology In…
Glioblastoma: why these brain cancers are so difficult to treat
Stuart Pitson, University of South Australia You find yourself sitting in your doctor’s surgery. It’s…
Telomere length is indicator of blood count recovery in treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
The chemotherapy treatments necessary to treat Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) in children can be grueling…
New target found in search for leukaemia drug
Peter Mac researchers have made another important discovery in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), showing how…
Partners of patients with melanoma find new cancers with skin exam training
Skin-check partners of patients with melanoma effectively performed skin self-examinations and identified new melanomas as…
New genetic findings help explain inherited predisposition to myeloma
Researchers have identified eight new genetic variations in the human genome that could be linked…