SABCS 2019: Oral paclitaxel yielded better outcomes than intravenous paclitaxel for metastatic breast cancer patients in phase III trial
Metastatic breast cancer patients who received an oral formulation of the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel had…
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Creatine powers T cells’ response to cancer
Creatine, the organic acid that is popularly taken as a supplement by athletes and bodybuilders,…
Exercise can now be prescribed like medicine for people with and beyond cancer
It’s well known that exercise is good for preventing and treating many forms of heart…
ESMO 2019: New combination therapy offers bowel cancer patients extra treatment option
Based on scientific findings of the Netherlands Cancer Institute a new combination treatment has been…
No link between mobile phones and brain cancer in the over-60s
In December 2018, the British Medical Journal Open published a scientific study led by ARPANSA investigating the…
Cancer tissue-freezing approach may help more breast cancer patients in lower income countries
A new reusable device created by the Johns Hopkins University can help women with breast…
Patients could be spared life-long leukaemia treatment, clinical trial finds
People with a slow developing type of blood cancer may be able to safely come…
Even DNA that doesn’t encode genes can drive cancer
Most of the human genome—98 percent—is made up of DNA but doesn’t actually encode genes,…
Good-guy bacteria may help cancer immunotherapies do their job
Individuals with certain types of bacteria in their gut may be more likely to respond…
Halving radiation therapy for HPV-related throat cancer offers fewer side effects, similar outcomes
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that a 50 percent reduction in the intensity and dose…