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Unlike most other types of drugs, the dose a chemotherapy patient is given isn’t fixed. Instead it’s individually selected based on height, weight and underlying health.
Research on IV devices is underdeveloped, underfunded and understudied. That means doctors don’t always have the information they need to choose the best one for their patients.
Cancer drug cisplatin was accidentally discovered to help treat cancer in 1965. And it’s been doing exactly that since it was approved for use in 1978.
It’s unthinkable to give a placebo to someone to treat their cancer, but could we use one to treat chemotherapy’s well-known side effects? Unfortunately, we may never be able to answer this question because…
Extracts from a berry can improve the effectiveness of a chemotherapy drug, according to research published today in the Journal of Clinical Pathology. But it’s best to view this finding with caution because…
Carbon monoxide has been found to shrink tumours and improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy in treating cancer. Small…
Cancer and its treatments cause a variety of side effects, some of which people recover from quickly, while others last long after treatment is over. After chemotherapy, around 70% of cancer survivors…
A new study of mice receiving chemotherapy could enable researchers to develop and test fertility-protecting drugs. Currently…
A simple blood test can now determine how well chemotherapy is working in Hodgkin lymphoma patients, a study has revealed…
For the first time ever in Australia, a woman whose chemotherapy rendered her infertile has fallen pregnant using ovarian tissue taken from her body before her cancer treatment, a new study reports. Chemotherapy…
An immune system “kill switch” that destroys blood stem cells when the body is under severe stress could have implications…
Mistletoe could potentially provide an alternative or complementary treatment to chemotherapy for colon cancer. Research…
A new nanoparticle may improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy for children with neuroblastoma. The non-toxic nanoparticle…
Combining fasting with chemotherapy could be a more effective way of treating cancer than chemotherapy on its own, a new…
A relatively new medication called olaparib can help extend remission times for ovarian cancer patients to around eight months, almost four months longer than patients on a placebo, according to clinical…
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor (conjoint), Children's Cancer Institute
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Research Fellow, ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, Cardiff Metropolitan University
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Professor of Sociology, Ball State University
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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International Medical Director of Monash IVF
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Professor, Lifecourse and Intergenerational Health Research Group, University of Adelaide
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Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Psychology & Evidence-based Decision-making, University of Sydney
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Research Scientist, University of Michigan
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Professor, Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
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Senior Research Fellow in Evolutionary Ecology, Deakin University
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Professor of Molecular Oncology, University of Bradford
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