Oncology

There were 145,000 fewer breast cancer screenings over the first six months of 2020 than in 2018 as COVID-19 shut down a national program, a new report shows.

There's been a dramatic increase in the incidence of rare tongue cancer in people under 45, particularly in young, non-smoking women, new research has found.

Today is World Lymphoma Awareness Day and the Leukaemia Foundation is highlighting the rising incidence of one of Australia’s most common blood cancers.

If you’re under 50, the recent death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman of colon cancer at just 43 may have

A new study has identified a key gene in aggressive endometrial cancer, which could lead to a targeted therapeutic strategy to improve survival rates. UNSW

Hydrochlorothiazide use increases older people’s risk of developing skin cancer, a study by UNSW Sydney scientists has shown – but the researchers warn against

Fussy eating and taste changes are common side effects of cancer treatment – now, a healthy eating program designed by UNSW medical researchers wants to help parents

The encouraging interim results of a trial of a new cancer immunotherapy treatment in dogs with soft tissue sarcomas have raised hopes for a more effective treatment of this

Early results from a cancer treatment trial on dogs in Western Australia have been encouraging and raise hopes it could be used for both canines and humans.

Scientists have made new miniature devices that could be developed into safe, high-resolution imaging technology that helps doctors to identify potentially deadly cancers

New research by scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) will help us better understand rare forms of cancer. Professor Eduardo Eyras

Doctors are worried patients with lung cancer may be overlooked amid the focus on diagnosing and treating the coronavirus, which has similar symptoms.

New research shows exercise can stop liver cancer – the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australia.  The new finding could help prevent

Given only six years to live nearly 10 years ago, Ian Fox is rapt he helped researchers trial a blood cancer treatment added to the PBS. Nearly

Researchers have identified a promising new drug combination that could significantly help the immune system target cancer cells and kill them. The study published

Research presented at the Australian Lung Cancer Conference shows the times to access treatment vary greatly between private and public health care.

The National Breast Cancer Foundation has announced a $100 million plan to eradicate breast cancer within 10 years. No Australian woman would

Cancer researcher Orazio Vittorio was completing his PhD when a tumour started to grow in his kidney. After an accidental diagnosis at university, an emergency surgery by

Scientists from the Centenary Institute have developed a new therapeutic strategy that could potentially help the fight against advanced-stage melanoma. In

Almost one in four cancers detected in men were overdiagnosed in 2012, according to our new research, published today