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Telomere Changes Predict Cancer
Changes in chromosomes years before cancer diagnosis could yield biomarker to predict cancer. A distinct…
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Two-thirds of bowel cancer patients aren’t advised to exercise despite health benefits
More than two-thirds (69 per cent) of bowel cancer patients say they weren’t advised to…
Two-week international diet swap shows potential effects of food on colon cancer risk
African-Americans and Africans who swapped their typical diets for just two weeks similarly exchanged their…
Recurrence of prostate cancer detected earlier with innovative PSMA-ligand PET/CT
A recent study reported in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine compared use of the novel Ga-68-PSMA-ligand PET/CT…
How artificial tanning can lead to melanoma
Young women may be up on the latest fashions and trends as they prepare for…
Prolonged statin use may lower risk of lung cancer death
Lung cancer patients who used statins in the year prior to a lung cancer diagnosis…
Brain tumour patients should be screened for depression
Because depression in brain cancer patients is a common but often overlooked condition, oncologists should…
Combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy shows promise for advanced prostate cancers
Chemotherapy can be very effective against small prostate tumours. Larger prostate tumours, however, accumulate cells…
New screening technique could pick up twice as many women with ovarian cancer
A new approach to ovarian cancer detection developed by UNSW Vice-Chancellor Ian Jacobs could lead to widespread…
Cervical cancer reduced due to screening
Cervical cancer cases and deaths in Australia remain very low by international standards, according to…