New treatment shows success in high-risk solid tumours
Despite intensive treatment, high-risk solid tumours like neuroblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, and rhabdomyosarcoma are challenging to…
Browsing: Rare Cancers
Chemotherapy for rare cancer fine-tuned with organoids
A patient-specific tumour organoid model is being used to identify the most effective chemotherapy protocol…
Study advances understanding of rare sarcoma
Advancing the understanding of synovial sarcoma, a highly aggressive and rare cancer of young people,…
Scientists discover way to stop spread of devastating childhood cancer
Researchers at the University of East Anglia and University of Manchester, UK, have made an…
UNSW to lead new drug trial for rare blood cancer
UNSW Sydney researchers will conduct a clinical trial to establish the safety and efficacy of…
The fight goes on: Clinical trial shows promising new treatment for rare blood cancer
Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that develops from lymphocytes (a type of white…
Molecular imaging offers insight into therapy outcomes for neuroendocrine tumour patients
A new proof-of-concept study published in the May issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine has demonstrated…
Gene signature found for poor response to standard chemotherapy in rare uterine cancer
Women who don’t survive a rare and aggressive uterine cancer called uterine serous carcinoma, have…
Eye and the scalpel: Ocular tumours easier to diagnose noninvasively
Australia is the sunniest continent on Earth—which is why it also has the highest rates…
Stem cells and nerves interact in tissue regeneration and cancer progression
Stem cells can generate a variety of specific tissues and are increasingly used for clinical…