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Millions of people across the world receive chemotherapy each year – and it’s likely to increase.
It only takes a few surviving cells for a cancer to grow back, and the available testing methods often can’t detect them while they’re dormant.
Nigeria will experience a relative increase in cancer incidence by 2040
There is ample evidence that poor oral health plays a role in many chronic diseases.
There are many approaches to treating cancer. Which ones work best is determined on an individual basis and informed by each tumor.
Here’s what we know about this type of treatment.
Award-winning, much-loved Australian writer Peter Goldsworthy is better equipped than most to write an illness memoir: he’s also a GP.
Exposure to asbestos can cause the same cancer in dogs as it does in humans. Recent cases of asbestos-contaminated mulch highlight the need to better protect our pets.
Treatment for lung cancer patients is the same for everyone, regardless of the risk of recurrence. The use of a new technology could refine diagnosis.
Some cancers are notoriously resistant to chemotherapy and not curable with surgery. Stopping tumors from adapting to the harsh microenvironments of the body could be a potential treatment avenue.
There are personal, environmental and structural factors that influence a patient’s ability to adhere to treatment.
Both cancer and cancer treatment can impact someone’s ability to have biological children. It’s important to discuss fertility right after cancer diagnosis.
October is awash in seas of pink T-shirts, balloons and ribbons in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But this messaging fails to recognize people who are not cured of the disease.
A diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer means having cancer for the rest of one’s life – a situation with very different needs and concerns compared to earlier stages of the disease.
Our team found that chemotherapy can be made more successful by treating nearby ‘normal’ cells with protein-blocking drugs in lymphoma and leukemia.
Late detection of breast cancer means treatment is often drastic and frightening for patients.
If you hear about wonder drugs or ingredients that are claimed to be effective in curing all types of cancer, we must beware of their equally dangerous side effects.
AMPK is normally a tumour suppressor. But once cancer arises, AMPK becomes a tumour promoter, enhancing the survival of cancer cells. Understanding this could help create drugs that inhibit AMPK.
Pancreatic cancer currently has one of the least optimistic prognosis, with just 5% of patients surviving five years after diagnosis. A recent study opens a door to hope.
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