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Study links coffee intake with reduced risk of endometrial cancer
2/06/2015
Consuming three or four cups of coffee a day could reduce a woman's risk of endometrial cancer by up to 19%, according to new research.
Serendipity leads to discovery of adult cancer genes in young-adult Ewing Sarcoma
2/06/2015
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal PLoS One finds alterations in expression of genes PIK3R3 and PTEN, more commonly observed in adult tumors, in the rare...
Crucial role of breast cancer tumor suppressor revealed
2/06/2015
A new study led by Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero, Spanish researcher at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, details how cells with low levels of the profilin 1 protein in breast tumours...
A few cells could prevent bone marrow transplant infections
2/06/2015
Researchers find clues for reducing infections after bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and lymphomaBone marrow transplantation is a life-saving therapy for patients with blood cancers like...
Artificially intelligent robot scientist 'Eve' could boost search for new drugs
2/06/2015
Eve, an artificially-intelligent 'robot scientist' could make drug discovery faster and much cheaper, say researchers writing in the Royal Society journal Interface.
Breast cancer: two new genetic risk factors uncovered
2/06/2015
A huge international collaboration investigating the genes of tens of thousands of women has uncovered genetic variants on chromosome 9 associated with higher breast cancer risk.
New molecule protects heart from toxic breast cancer drugs
2/06/2015
Findings announced on World Cancer DayDr Alessandra Ghigo, first author and research fellow in the Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, University of Torino, Italy, said...
A few cells could prevent bone marrow transplant infections
2/06/2015
Researchers find clues for reducing infections after bone marrow transplantation for leukemia and lymphomaBone marrow transplantation is a life-saving therapy for patients with blood cancers like...
Innovative new app for clinical skin cancer diagnosis launches
on World Cancer Day 2015
2/05/2015
On World Cancer Day 2015, general practitioners, physicians and dermatologists in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia are being asked for their feedback during the advanced trial phase...
New research shows almost 2.4 million Aussie adults sunburnt on summer weekends
2/05/2015
New research released by Cancer Council on World Cancer Day (4 Feb) shows that approximately 430,000 more Australian adults are getting sunburnt on the weekend than they were four years ago...