New study sheds light on the best drug choices for some patients with advanced breast cancer
Patients with metastatic breast cancer carrying a particular mutation fare better on one form of…
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New drug targeting high-risk children’s cancer is ready for trials
A new drug that has passed safety tests in adults is likely to be effective…
Cancer and loneliness: How inclusion could save lives
Aleem Bharwani, University of Calgary COVID-19 has ignited a worldwide conversation about inequality. The question…
Breast cancer drug capivasertib enters major trial
A major phase III trial of capivasertib, a cancer drug discovered following collaborative work between…
Complex innovative trials: Authors call for new guideline adoption to get medicines to patients faster
Complex Innovative Design (CID) trials could be transformed for the better, following the publication of…
Preclinical study reveals the impact of age on immunotherapy treatment for breast cancer
Recent clinical trials have indicated that immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy, which is designed to…
Financial disclosure lacking in publication of clinical trials
A substantial proportion of pharmaceutical industry payments to authors of oncology clinical trials published in…
New drug halves hearing loss in children following cancer treatment
Giving the drug sodium thiosulphate after chemotherapy reduces hearing loss in children treated for liver…
Translating Research and Biomarkers
By Ian Olver AM for oncologynews.com.au The term translational research is broad but most often…
It’s time to rethink how we do cancer research
Eileen Parkes, Academic Clinical Lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast “A devastating failure of medical research.” This…