All posts tagged "cancer"

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  News and Views

  Experts gather to boost detection of deadly melanoma

  Experts are gathering in Brisbane to establish a road map for reducing melanoma deaths in Australia.

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  120

  News and Views

  Mark Hughes Foundation awards innovation in brain cancer

  Five highly innovative brain cancer research projects have received over $725,000 in funding from the Mark Hughes Foundation (MHF) following a nationwide...

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  Research

  Researchers reveal prostate tumours ‘fed’ by fatty acids

  An international multidisciplinary study initiated by Melbourne scientists has shown a link between prostate cancer and the uptake of fatty acids by...

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  260

  Medicine

  Study increases check-ups for smokers at risk of lung cancer by 40 per cent

  Researchers at the University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia and their collaborators have found that by helping patients at high risk...

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  265

  Medicine

  What is to blame for childhood cancer? We often misunderstand the reality

  A new study by UNSW medical researchers sheds light on an understudied area – community beliefs about what causes cancer in children.

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  Medicine

  Monash engineers unlock avenue for early cancer diagnosis

  Monash University engineers have unlocked the door to earlier detection of cancer with a world-first study identifying a potential new testing method...

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  Research

  Cutting off melanoma’s escape routes

  Stopping melanoma from spreading to other parts of the body might be as simple as cutting off the blood supply to the...

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  122

  Research

  New steps to stamp out bowel cancer

  Flinders cancer experts have been awarded a major $553,196 grant to improve the survival and recovery of colorectal cancer patients via a...

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  Medicine

  Nano-signature discovery could revolutionise cancer diagnosis

  A quick and easy test to detect cancer from blood or biopsy tissue could eventually result in a new approach to patient...

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  Research

  Exercise buddies unite against cancer

  The benefits of peer-supported exercise regimes for survivors of breast, colon and prostate cancer are being studied by University of Queensland researchers.