Oncology & Cancer
Insured? You're more likely to survive cancer through immunotherapy treatment
Powerful new immunotherapies are offering fresh hope for patients with many different types of cancer.
Jul 9, 2025
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Lung Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
Decades of cancer control efforts found paying off
Research by Cancer Council Victoria's Cancer Epidemiology Division published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health has revealed more than 230,000 lives have been saved from the impact of cancer control ...
Jul 8, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer screening could save lives, but experts say consider possible harms
There is much to commend about Australia's lung cancer screening program, which started on July 1.
Jul 3, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Alzheimer's-related protein found to drive lung cancer spread to brain
Researchers at McMaster University, Cleveland Clinic and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered how a protein long associated with Alzheimer's disease helps lung cancer spread to the brain—a discovery that offers ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Air pollution may contribute to development of lung cancer in never-smokers
A new study reveals that air pollution, traditional herbal medicines and other environmental exposures are linked to genetic mutations that may contribute to the development of lung cancer in people with no or hardly any ...
Jul 2, 2025
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Medical economics
Australian life expectancy inequality narrows, but disadvantaged areas still lag behind
Australia has made progress in reducing socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy since the late 2010s, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU), setting the country apart from many other ...
Jul 1, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
AI matches doctors in mapping lung tumors for radiation therapy
In radiation therapy, precision can save lives. Oncologists must carefully map the size and location of a tumor before delivering high-dose radiation to destroy cancer cells while sparing healthy tissue. But this process, ...
Jun 30, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Lung cancer screening is about to start. What you need to know if you smoke or have quit
From July, eligible Australians will be screened for lung cancer as part of the nation's first new cancer screening program for almost 20 years.
Jun 29, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Depression + inflammation: Study finds combination worsens outcomes for lung cancer patients
For the first time, researchers have found that lung cancer patients who have a combination of high levels of depression and inflammation at diagnosis are later found with continuing depressive symptoms in the next several ...
Jun 25, 2025
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene mutation could be target for 'ultrapersonalized' therapies in colon cancer
Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a mutation in a common oncogene—a gene that can cause cancer—that may play an important role in colon cancer. Researchers also showed how this mutation could be targeted ...
Jun 24, 2025
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