Much of the fear of cancer arises from a lack of control, so I’m at my happiest when a patient with a new diagnosis comes in bewildered and shaken and leaves my office feeling a modicum of control.
New research could into nanoparticles could help deliver drugs straight to the site of tumours and make them more effective when they get there.
An independent UK inquiry estimated that perhaps one in five of the cancers detected via breast cancer screening are overdiagnosed.
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Researchers have been talking about the dangers of overdiagnosis for some time. But now a national survey shows most people aren’t told about the risk it poses to their health – and they want to know.
Actor Tom Hanks’ wife Rita Wilson says she’s been “blown away” by her husband’s support throughout her current battle with breast cancer.
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After years of conflicting research and often extreme opinions on iron, it turns out that like anything else that is a benefit in moderation, in excess it is a detriment.
Speeches such as Bickmore’s should be the start of a conversation about what is funded, not its conclusion.
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While I can’t fault Carrie Bickmore for trying to get attention for the disease that prematurely killed her husband, her move does raise questions about how research should be funded.
Clare Scott, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
Jolie Pitt has announced more surgery, this time to mitigate her risk of developing ovarian cancer. But this should ideally not have the same “Jolie effect” as her last operation.
Jolie Pitt: wants other women at risk to know about the options.
Gage Skidmore
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.
You and me have quite a few genes in common.
André Karwath