Oncology & Cancer
Should Australia mandate cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks?
Alcohol causes huge harm in Australia, responsible for 5,800 new cancer cases per year. Yet many of us remain in the dark about its health risks.
Feb 4, 2025
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Breast Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
How hungry fat cells could someday starve cancer to death
Liposuction and plastic surgery aren't often mentioned in the same breath as cancer. But they are the inspiration for a new approach to treating cancer that uses engineered fat cells to deprive tumors of nutrition.
Feb 4, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
FDA approval expands earlier use of Enhertu for metastatic breast cancer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor (HR)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor ...
Feb 3, 2025
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Health
Is no amount of alcohol safe? Understanding risks and public health guidelines
The United States surgeon general recently called for a warning of cancer risk on alcohol labels. And I agree. But the discourse that has come out in the media, by health professionals and health influencers, has been alarmist ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Health
Cholesterol test completion triples when tests are automatically pre-ordered: Study
A study conducted by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that by pre-ordering lipid panels—the tests that can indicate high cholesterol and help predict stroke and heart ...
Jan 30, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Study supports routine brain MRI screening in asymptomatic late-stage breast cancer patients
A new study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed. The study, published in Neuro-Oncology, suggests ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Study shows inherited gene elevates prostate cancer risk in affected families
A study of men with a family history of prostate cancer has discovered an inherited form of prostate cancer. The inherited mutated gene WNT9B, which functions normally in embryonic prostate development, increases the risk ...
Jan 28, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
AI can identify women at risk of breast cancer years in advance: Study
Artificial intelligence is able to identify women who have an elevated risk of developing breast cancer several years before it is diagnosed, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said on Tuesday.
Jan 28, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Research reveals high common cancer rates in the Morecambe Bay area compared with England averages
The Morecambe Bay area has the highest rate of common cancers compared with the average rates for the whole North West or even England, according to research published in the journal Public Health in Practice.
Jan 28, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Phase III trial shows new treatment boosts cure rate for most common form of breast cancer
A Peter Mac-led international clinical trial has shown adding an immunotherapy drug to the chemotherapy that patients receive ahead of surgery can dramatically improve breast cancer cure rates.
Jan 28, 2025
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