In more than 30 years of treating cancer patients, I have seen some health policy decisions that defy common sense. But the most senseless of all is Treasury’s continued refusal to expand the National…
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Australian researchers have discovered how a blood clot-busting enzyme is activated, unlocking a century-old atomic riddle that could lead to new treatments for clotting and bleeding disorders, and some…
Commonly used injectable contraceptives influence the risk of developing several types of cancer, a joint ANU/National Health…
The negative health impacts of treating less aggressive forms of prostate cancer can be greater than potential gains, new…
People who take sleeping pills could be at a higher risk of death, as well as cancer and heart disease, researchers have…
The fixation on potentially cancer-causing chemicals in the air, food and consumer products is diverting attention from the real risks, according to a review of global evidence by an Australian cancer…
Lifestyle factors are the most significant cause of cancer, and fears surrounding carcinogens is deviating attention away…
A new treatment may prolong the lifespan of melanoma patients. Vemurafenib, the first acute melanoma drug in more than a…
Researchers have created a comprehensive map of genetic information in the ribonucleic acid (RNA) linked with cancer development…
Cancer is a disease of the body’s cells that affects around half of all Australians by the age of 85. Normally cells grow and multiply in a controlled way. But if something causes a mistake to occur in…
The genome of the Tasmanian Devil has been mapped, providing new insight into the facial tumours that are destroying the…
People with a family history of bowel cancer are less likely to have had screening than those who are less at risk. Researchers…
Scientists at Wake Forest University are using the same graphics processing units (GPUs) found in video game devices to simulate…
People with Lynch syndrome are at a greater risk of developing a wide variety of cancers than the general public, a new study…
Common household drugs such as aspirin help to contain certain types of tumours by tightening their lymphatic vessel supply lines, new research has found. Doctors have long observed the impact of non-steroidal…
It’s not often that a scientific article in a learned medical journal becomes front page news but that was the case recently when a paper I co-authored with Dr Ian Haines of Melbourne’s Cabrini Hospital…
Combining fasting with chemotherapy could be a more effective way of treating cancer than chemotherapy on its own, a new…
A patient’s sense of taste is not affected by chemotherapy treatment, according to a Deakin University systematic review…
A recent study shows that mutations in the “breast cancer genes” BRCA1 and BRCA2 – which increase the risks of breast and ovarian cancers among others – also increase fertility. This is an extraordinary…
Scientists have identified the cells that cause a common type of childhood leukaemia – T cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia…
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