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Computer-aided decision-making has been shown to help in clinical contexts. But winning over doctors and patients is a different matter.
Cancer is a deadly disease and would have been particularly lethal before the recent development of effective treatments. So why didn’t it – or our susceptibility to it – die out long ago?
Chemicals that form in cooked food have been linked to cancer – but the full picture is more complicated.
Humans can more easily tolerate tumours in large or paired organs than in small, critical ones. This could be why the latter have evolved more cancer-fighting mechanisms.
The evidence appears contradictory – but there may be a good reason for this.
Despite the increase in cardiovascular disease in the developing world, not enough is being been done to improve public awareness of the benefits and harms of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fatty acids.
There is actually no existing evidence to show that a flat dose of 100mg of carboplatin provides inferior outcomes.
Childhood deaths from cancer have decreased by nearly 40% in the past 15 years in Australia. But some types of childhood cancer have shown little improvement.
Infectious diseases have plagued Africa for decades. Now, Africa faces the threat of a cancer pandemic – with a shortage of equipment, doctors and money to treat it.
Scientists are working on a new method to cure cancer and have shown they can genetically program certain bacteria to invade the tumour cells of cancerous mice.
A new research paper has found some cancers aren’t picked up by GPs in the first or second appointments, but it’s because cancer is usually an unlikely explanation for a patient’s symptoms.
Almost three in four Australian children consume too much sugar, 91.5% of young people don’t get enough exercise, and we’re among the most obese people in the world.
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer that has a very poor prognosis. Despite the current best therapies half its sufferers survive for 15 months and less than 5% are alive after 5 years.
Young people whose parents have cancer report levels of psychological distress that are three to six times higher than others their age.
CT scans deliver a hefty dose of ionising radiation. But the benefits outweigh the risks – most of the time.
Scalding injury to body tissue is not known to cause cancer. But experimental data suggest cancer may arise when injured tissue then comes into contact with carcinogens.
A few cancers vanish without any medical treatment. Researchers are studying these ‘spontaneous regressions’ to see if they can lead to new cancer treatments.
Why have Americans become more receptive to aid in dying, a practice that was rejected throughout the United States until Oregon changed course in 1997?
The bacteria in your gut aren’t always friendly. Luckily, there are a number of ways to beat the bugs associated with bowel cancer.
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Graduate Student in Cancer Systems Biology, Rice University
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Professor of Health Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney
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Professor of Oncology, University of Tasmania
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Professor of Physical Activity, Lifestyle, and Population Health, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
