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Vitamin B3 treatment could cut $500m skin cancer bill

A year of treatment with nicotinamide, a form of vitamin B3, significantly lowered the risk of common, non-melanoma skin cancer […]

Cancer substantially affects cognition

International research team finds even localised cancer is associated with sustained cognitive impairment. An international group of researchers has found […]

Method for targeting the ‘Achilles heel’ of neuroblastoma

Australian scientists have identified a critical molecular ‘feedback loop’ that accelerates the progression of neuroblastoma, a cancer of the nervous […]

Rare cancers: let’s take a different approach

Renowned cancer expert Professor Ian Olver has urged a different approach when it comes to finding treatments for rare cancers. […]

Cancer test predicts treatment outcome

University of Queensland researchers have announced a new tool in the fight against cancer, with the development of a world-first […]

Outsmarting cancer with revolutionary new treatment

Patients with hard-to-treat tumours could know within six months whether a cancer drug developed at UNSW is more effective than […]

Prostate cancer treatment side effects: Three guys find ways to cope and beat c…

Prostate cancer treatment affects all men differently. Read about three Aussie guys experiences coping with fatigue, reduced libido and other side effects.

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Colostomy following bowel cancer: Amber tells all

As I awoke from a mammoth surgery to remove cancer from my bowel, I looked down at my abdomen. I […]

Abraxane

Generic Name: Paclitaxel Product Name: Abraxane Indication This medicine is used to treat: Breast cancer Lung Cancer Pancreatic Cancer Action […]

Chemotherapy Patient: Danny Moss 2

Jazz saxophonist Danny Moss was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2005. He talked about his illness and chemotherapy treatment in an interview with Virtual […]