Oncology
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Immunotherapy giving lung cancer sufferers a second chance HealthTimes - 01-09-2017
Cancer drugs that have been used successfully in the treatment of melanoma are now entering the lung cancer space with doctors reporting groundbreaking results.
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Lung cancer patients die sooner in Australia than Taiwan HealthTimes - 29-08-2017
Australians with advanced lung cancer are unlikely to survive longer than two years after they commence treatment, according to new research which has highlighted the limitations
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AIM BRAIN trial could potentially save lives AAP - 25-08-2017
Researchers say a fast-tracked clinical trial of childhood brain cancer will improve treatment and potentially save lives. A "groundbreaking"
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Australian-first trial will give leukaemia and lymphoma sufferers hope AAP - 08-08-2017
A new medical trial at Westmead hospital will use gene-altering therapy to treat leukaemia
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A drug compound hope for breast cancer AAP - 03-08-2017
Australian scientists hope the drug compound S63845 will supercharge the treatment of some of the most aggressive types of breast
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Cancer patients will soon get easier access to a new miracle drug AAP - 31-07-2017
Miracle drug Opdivo, which has an exorbitant price tag, will now be within the reach of all Australian renal and cancer patients when it is listed on the PBS.
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Importance of physical activity for prostate cancer patients prompts new group exercise class HealthTimes - 26-07-2017
When Christchurch man Clynton Inns was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in February 2016, simply getting through the treatment regime was his main priority.
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Cancer patients compromising treatment due to financial issue AAP - 21-07-2017
New analysis has found that up to half of all Australian cancer survivors
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How obesity causes cancer, and may make screening and treatment harder Health Times - 18-07-2017
Today, almost two in every three Australian adults are overweight or obese, as is one in four children. Obesity is a disease itself and a risk factor linked to ischaemic heart
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Childhood cancers will be curable in the not too distant future AAP - 10-07-2017
Swimming champion Libby Trickett is calling on Australians to register for a Jeans for Genes Day and join the movement to cure childhood cancer.
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Protein to control breast cancer progression identified HealthTimes - 06-07-2017
Switching off a protein produced in breast cancer cells can stop cancer progression, researchers from The University of Queensland have found. Dr
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National bowel cancer screening program could save lives AAP - 27-06-2017
Participating in the national bowel cancer home screening program is the best decision a person can make to prevent dying from bowel cancer.
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Patient preferences, region linked to bowel cancer survival HealthTimes - 22-06-2017
Regional, rural and remote bowel cancer patients experience poorer survival rates and less optimal clinical management than those living in metro areas, new research by Cancer
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New analysis provides clearer picture of women's cancer risk AAP - 21-06-2017
A long-term study has provided clinicians with "enormous power" to assess the cancer risk of women carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutations.
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Nursing tele-chemotherapy service bridges gap Karen Keast - 19-06-2017
Rural generalist nurses are administering chemotherapy under the supervision of specialist nurses as part of an innovative telehealth initiative in Queensland.
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Australia is facing a potential liver cancer "crisis" AAP - 14-06-2017
A new report shows cancer continues to have the biggest impact on Australia's health, costing the nation more years of life than any other disease group.
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Pre-operative exercise helps lung cancer surgery recovery HealthTimes - 08-06-2017
Lung cancer patients who undertake one to four weeks of supervised exercise training before surgery have fewer post-surgery complications and go home earlier, a new systematic
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A major advance treatment of rare and debilitating cancer AAP - 08-06-2017
An Australian-led trial has shown a new drug works in almost five times as many patients compared to standard therapy for a rare skin-related
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Act on bowel cancer HealthTimes - 01-06-2017
While Australia continues to have among the highest rates of bowel cancer in the world, only two in five eligible people are participating in the Australian Government’s
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Scientists hopeful to potential cancer vaccines AAP - 26-05-2017
The Australian Centre for Cancer Glycomics has been launched at Griffith University, with scientists hopeful it will lead to potential cancer vaccines.
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