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Advanced imaging machine to help beat prostate cancer
With more than 1.1million people globally diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, and more than 300,000 patient deaths, the University […]
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Pre-operative exercise helps lung cancer surgery recovery
Lung cancer patients who undertake one to four weeks of supervised exercise training before surgery have fewer post-surgery complications and […]
New leukaemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies
Researchers at ANU are working on a new treatment for an aggressive type of leukaemia that outperforms standard chemotherapies. Lead researcher […]
New prostate cancer gene
An international study led by University of Adelaide researchers has identified a new gene of interest linked to prostate cancer […]
Muscle growth finding may assist with cancer treatment
Monash University’s Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have collaboratively developed a therapeutic approach that dramatically promotes the growth of muscle […]
A disabling chemotherapy side effect in focus
Thousands of Australian cancer survivors experience chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), but little is known about its impact on a national […]
Cancer impacting Australia’s health more than any other group of diseases
Cancer is the disease group with the biggest impact on our health costing us, as a nation, more years of […]
Volunteers needed for national survey of chemotherapy side effects
Researchers from the University of New South Wales are seeking people who have received neurotoxic chemotherapy (i.e. chemotherapy that can […]
New software key to early cancer detection
A new algorithm that detects the early formation of blood vessels could lead to early diagnosis of malignant tumours and […]
Rare and deadly melanomas not caused by the sun
Two rare and deadly forms of melanoma are not caused by sun exposure new genetic research led by Australian researchers […]
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