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Large-scale Swedish study discovers link between height and cancer
Cancer risk has been found to increase with height in both Swedish men and women,…
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Preventing cancer: Study finds dramatic benefits of weight-loss surgery
Tremendous changes seen in women most at risk for cancer A study looked at the…
Crowdsourcing a cancer drug: how the public can bring a new (old) drug to trial
Researchers are hoping to launch one of the UK’s first successfully crowdfunded clinical trials -…
The enduring ‘Angelina effect’ on breast cancer awareness and gene testing
By Julia Medew – SMH. If there was ever any doubt about the magnitude of Angelina…
Aspirin ‘may double life expectancy of cancer patients’
A daily dose of aspirin can double the life expectancy of patients with cancers affecting…
Primary surgery is linked with survival benefit in patients with advanced throat cancer
Patients with cancers of the mid- and lower throat may have higher survival rates if…
Differences between tumours of younger and older colorectal cancer patients
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is on the rise among younger patients. Although some of the younger-onset…
Titanium and gold based compound fights kidney cancer cells
Researchers developed a promising metal-based compound that destroys kidney cancer cells, while leaving normal cells…
Molecular ‘feedback loop’ may explain tamoxifen resistance in patients with breast cancer
For reasons unknown, many patients with breast cancer treated with the estrogen receptor-blocking drug tamoxifen…
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…