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Research finds key to stop cancer metastasis

AAP - 13-05-2016

Researchers have found a way of blocking a mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread from their original site to other parts of a patient's body.

 
Skin lesion images sent to doctors via mobile app for faster cancer detection

AAP - 03-05-2016

QUT is leading an international study to increase rates of early melanoma diagnosis via a mobile app that can take and send images of suspicious lesions to dermatologists

 
Processed meat linked to stomach cancer

AAP - 21-04-2016

Bacon and eggs every morning for breakfast could be off the menu following research that links processed meats to stomach cancer. Drinking alcohol,

 
Immunotherapy combo shown to beat skin cancer

AAP - 19-04-2016

Researchers in the UK say tests suggest a drugs combination can destroy the deadliest form of skin cancer. Dramatic trial results indicate that

 
Court orders chemo for terminally ill child

AAP - 08-04-2016

A court has ordered a six-year-old boy undergo cancer treatment for a malignant brain tumour despite his parents wishes. A Perth court has ordered

 
Effectiveness of chemo could be tested in real time

AAP - 29-03-2016

Scientists are homing in on a technique that may be able to assess the effectiveness of chemotherapy in as little as eight hours after it is administered.

 
Individualised cancer treatment targeting the tumour, not the whole body, a step closer

HealthTimes - 21-03-2016

They look like small, translucent gems but these tiny ‘gel’ slivers hold the world of a patient’s tumour in microcosm ready for trials of anti-cancer

 
Interactive body map: what really gives you cancer?

HealthTimes - 10-03-2016

Emil Jeyaratnam,

 
Cancer vaccine tested on terminal patients

AAP - 02-03-2016

A UK trial is examining whether a vaccine can help the body's immune system destroy cancer cells in terminally ill patients. A trial has

 
Do Wi-Fi and mobile phones really cause cancer? Experts respond

HealthTimes - 01-03-2016

Simon Chapman,

 

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