Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer
Chris Ifediora, Griffith University Globally, one in six women will develop cancer in her lifetime,…
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Shorten promises $2.3 billion package to relieve costs for cancer patients
Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Bill Shorten has promised his government would introduce a A$2.3…
Obesity and alcohol responsible for nearly 30,000 cases of breast cancers in the next decade
Body fatness and alcohol consumption are the leading preventable causes of breast cancer in Australian…
Cancer survivors urgently need funded rehabilitation care
Jennifer Michelle Jones, University of Toronto There are now more than 17 million cancer survivors…
Cancer drug pricing gets in the way of treatment in developing countries
Vikash Sewram, Stellenbosch University Most cancers can now be detected early. This hasn’t always been…
Cancer: new DNA sequencing technique analyses tumours cell by cell to fight disease
Alba Rodriguez-Meira, University of Oxford and Adam Mead, University of Oxford A new DNA sequencing…
Potential treatment for eye cancer using tumour-killing virus
Hemant Khanna, University of Massachusetts Medical School When most people think of the word “virus,”…
Cancer causes premature ageing
Leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells – according to new research published…
Should we rename low risk cancers?
Should we rename low risk (“indolent”) cancers in a bid to reduce anxiety and harm…
As the oceans rise, so do your risks of breast cancer
Jane McArthur, University of Windsor It is encouraging to see greater attention in the media…