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Trial shows measles vaccine can cure some cancers
A clinical trial has shown that a deadly form of cancer can be cured with a large dose of the measles vaccine. Health24 reports...
Sniffer dogs can accurately detect prostate cancer
Highly-trained dogs are able to detect prostate cancer in urine with 98% accuracy, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the...
Anxiety an important factor in mastectomy choices
A University of Michigan Medical School study suggests that factors other than medical history and risk may influence women with cancer in one breast...
STD could increase risk of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer could be a sexually transmitted disease caused by a common infection passed on during i ntercourse. Scientists at the University of California...
New US guidelines for treating HER2-positive breast cancers
Two sets of guidelines for treating patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer have been released by the American Society of Clinical Oncology...
Study lessens anxiety that OPC cancer is contagious
Partners of patients diagnosed with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) were no more likely to test positive for oral HPV infection than...
Aspirin could help lower colon cancer risk
The humble aspirin may have just added another beneficial effect beyond its ability to ameliorate headaches and reduce the risk of heart attacks: lowering...
New study could help prevent MDS from progressing into leukaemia
Blood arises from stem cells in the bone marrow; in patients with a myelodysplastic disorder (MDS), defective stem cells reprogram their neighbours in the...
Patients more satisfied with involvement in care decisions
Regardless of whether cancer patients sought to be involved in decisions about their treatment, a recent study at the University of Pennsylvania, published in...
New blood test can detect cancer recurrence – researchers
Around 1 in 5 breast cancer survivors who have undergone five years of therapy experience cancer recurrence within the following 10 years. But Medical...
Statins could stop spread of prostate cancer to bones
The anti-cholesterol drugs statins could stop prostate cancer spreading to the bones. The Daily Mail reports the University of Manchester study, published in the...
Slew of new treatments for cancers
Health forums were abuzz in 2007 with news that a simple, inexpensive chemical, dichloroacetate (DCA), may be a viable treatment for many forms of...
High fat diet sharply increases breast cancer risk
Following a high fat diet like Atkins or LCHF increases the risk of the most common form of breast cancer by more than a...
Tests underestimate aggressiveness of prostate cancer – research
Men with prostate cancer are being given false hope by tests that underestimate the aggressiveness of their disease. The Guardian quotes Dr Greg Shaw,...
Irregular menstrual cycles could double risk of ovarian cancer
Women with irregular menstrual cycles may have more than double the risk of ovarian cancer compared to women who have regular periods. Health24 reports...
An array of new treatments for tumour cells
A radical new form of cancer treatment that relies on the body’s natural ‘killer cells’ to attack tumours has proved a success in the...
New study provides more precise data on gene mutations
For women carrying BCRA1 and BCRA2 gene mutations with their wide risk bracket of 43% to 88% of developing from breast cancer before age...
Chemo or radiation could see some cancer cells dodging death
Under stress from chemotherapy or radiation, some cancer cells dodge death by consuming a bit of themselves, allowing them to essentially sleep through treatment...
Gene plays pivotal part in triple negative form of breast cancer – study
Scientists have found that a gene previously unassociated with breast cancer plays a pivotal role in the growth and progression of the triple negative...
Predictive tool to help breast and some lung cancer patients
Researchers are developing a new predictive tool that could help patients with breast cancer and certain lung cancers decide whether follow-up treatments are likely...
MRI-guided biopsies improving prostate cancer diagnosis
In a world first, an Australian clinical trial has shown that biopsy guided by MRI can significantly improve the diagnosis of life-threatening prostate cancer...
New findings could spare healthy cells from chemo and radiation
A new study led by Prof Alexey Ryazanov of Rutgers Wood Johnson Medical School and the Rutgers Cancer Institute, and published in Developmental Cell,...
New method will help pancreatic cancer diagnosis
Pancreatic cancer is often detected at a late stage, which results in poor prognosis and limited treatment options. But, says a News-Medical report, researchers...
Being unfit and obese increases risk of breast cancer
Being slim is not enough to ward off breast cancer – experts say that it isexercise that is crucial to avoiding the disease, reports...
Breast cancer risk increased by some birth control pills
Some birth control pills may temporarily increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer, reports The Independent. Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre...
Joint pain in breast cancer patients relieved by electro-acupuncture
In as little as eight weeks the use of electro-acupuncture (EA) produced significant improvements in fatigue, anxiety and depression in early stage breast cancer...
Higher selenium levels may help prevent bowel cancer
A study conducted by researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) shows that higher selenium levels are associated with decreased risk...
Detailed review on aspirin and cancer risk
An aspirin a day could dramatically cut people's chances of getting and dying from common cancers, according to the most detailed review yet of...
No benefits from androgen deprivation therapy
For decades, millions of men with early prostate cancer have been placed on drug therapy to suppress their production of testosterone, despite such significant...
Tamoxifen gel as effective as pill for breast cancer
A gel containing the drug tamoxifen and applied to the skin was as effective in reducing the growth of breast cancer cells in women...
Vitamin D could boost survival in bowel cancer patients
Bowel cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are more likely to survive the disease. Reuters reports that scientists who...
Potential for cannabis to shrink cancer tumours
Cannabis can help shrink human cancer tumours in mice. The Daily Mirror reports that new research reveals the drug’s main psychoactive ingredient – tetrahydrocannabino...
Women with BRCA1 mutations should remove ovaries by 35
Women with BRCA1 genetic mutations should have preventive ovarian surgery by age 35- known as prophylactic oophorectomy - by age 35, as waiting appears...