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A large study on the benefits of breast cancer screening has cast doubt on the value of mammograms in reducing deaths from the disease in women aged 40-49 compared to other methods such as physical examination…
Alcohol and cancer is a topic that arouses a lot of controversy: many Australians like the odd drink but don’t want to make the connection to cancer, the world’s biggest killer. The World Health Organisation’s…
Angelina Jolie’s preventative mastectomy did no more than raise awareness of breast cancer and it did not translate into…
Taking the drug anastrozole for five years may reduce the chances of post-menopausal women at high risk of breast cancer…
Cylindrical-shaped nanoparticles are seven times more effective in delivering drugs to breast cancer cells than traditional…
A by-product of cholesterol has been found to enhance the growth and spread of the most common types of breast cancer. Mimicking…
Social media can help raise awareness of health issues, engaging people in discussion and encouraging them to take action. But thoughtless adherence to such trends has the potential to cause harm. New…
Eating peanut butter in adolescence reduces a girl’s chance of acquiring benign breast disease (BBD). New analysis of the…
There is a link between invasive breast cancer surgery and swollen arm syndrome, known as arm lymphoedema, a study from the…
Researchers in the United States have developed a new model to predict women’s risk of developing breast, uterine and ovarian cancer, based on individual lifestyle factors. These three cancers make up…
When they were introduced over 20 years ago, national breast screening programs were a milestone in public health. They were based on evidence from randomised trials that screening saved lives. But there…
There is new hope in the fight against breast cancer. Scientists have found that silencing the BCL-2 gene in oestrogen receptor…
Combining a special anti-cancer compound with conventional cancer-fighting drugs can slow down the growth of the most common form of breast cancer and can even cause some tumours to disappear completely…
Millions of women in the US will have access to affordable genetic screening for cancer after the US Supreme Court ruled that a commercial company cannot patent human genes. The screening tests for mutations…
Following Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie’s revelation last week that she’d undergone a double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, it has emerged that a 53-year-old man had his prostate removed after…
A recent article in The Conversation’s Health Rationing series endorsed the government’s decision to extend the BreastScreen program to women aged 70 to 74 (from 50 to 69), based on the results of a 2009…
Angelina Jolie’s recent announcement about her double mastectomy likely caused many women to think about their own chance of developing breast cancer. But before you rush off to have a bunch of possibly…
Angelina Jolie has attracted much attention for revealing her recent experience of a double mastectomy. But her personal attractiveness draws attention to a neglected aspect of cancer treatment and survival…
Actress Angelina Jolie’s op-ed in the New York Times explained that she opted to have a double mastectomy because she carries the hereditary BRCA1 gene, which she says increases her risk of breast cancer…
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor & Deputy Director, Women's Health Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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James Stewart Chair Of Surgery, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Deakin University
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Jane E. McArthur is a Friend of The Conversation.
Ph.D., Sociology/Social Justice, University of Windsor
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Medical Oncologist and Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Professor School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Senior Visiting Fellow, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Oncology, Head of the RMH Familial Cancer Centre and Joint Head, Breast Cancer Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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