Increased rate of infections may indicate a future cancer diagnosis
New research published in Cancer Immunology Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research,…
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Researchers decipher a new way that immune cells detect infections and cancers
Published in Science, the research team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty…
Recurring infections could lead to delayed bladder or kidney cancer diagnosis
Women with bladder or kidney cancer may lose out on a prompt diagnosis if they…
More than half of China cancer deaths attributable to potentially modifiable risk factors
A new report finds more than half of all cancer deaths in men in 2013…
Supportive care for cancer patients remains inadequate
Pain relief and other forms of supportive care for cancer patients are insufficient, researchers report…
In sub-Saharan Africa, cancer can be an infectious disease
In 1963, Irish surgeon Denis Parson Burkitt airmailed samples of an unusual jaw tumour found…
How a nasty, brain-eating parasite could help us fight cancer
Hany Elsheikha, University of Nottingham. We’ve known since the turn of the 20th century that…