Cancer
28 Feb 2007
Mastectomy
Mastectomy refers to the surgical removal of the whole breast. It is an alternative to breast conserving surgery for women with breast cancer.
Cancer
27 Feb 2007
Core Biopsy
A core biopsy is a procedure where a needle is passed through the skin to take a sample of tissue from a mass or lump.
Cancer
19 Feb 2007
Health groups welcome survey to target childhood obesity
The announcement today of a jointly funded nutrition and physical activity survey of Australian children is key to addressing a major future increase in preventable disease burden, according to an alliance of non-government health promotion organisations. Terry Slevin, from the Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance*, said research published over the…
Cancer
13 Feb 2007
Painkiller Helps Against Child Cancer
Neuroblastoma is a form of cancer that develops in the nervous system and it affects small children more commonly than any other tumour type. Now, however, scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden can show that a common painkiller can inhibit the development of neuroblastoma and help make treatment of the…
Cancer
09 Feb 2007
Day Surgery Transurethral Resection of the Prostate (DSTURP)
Transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) involves using a thin tube, passed up through the urethra, to see and remove a bladder obstruction. The length of…
Cancer
02 Feb 2007
Cancer scales turn against children as obesity problem grows
Australian children will face an increasingly higher risk of cancer in adulthood unless more is done to reduce childhood overweight and obesity, according to The Cancer Council Australia. Speaking on World Cancer Day, The Cancer Council’s Chief Executive Officer, Professor Ian Olver, warned that a more concerted effort was needed…
Blood
01 Feb 2007
Adverse Drug Reactions
Medical health information: Adverse drug reaction to new and mixtures of prescription medicine side effects or adverse prescription drug reactions
Cancer
30 Jan 2007
New Gene Associated With Wilms Tumour Found By MGH Cancer Centre Researchers
Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Centre have discovered a novel gene mutation associated with Wilms tumour, the most common paediatric kidney cancer. The newly identified gene is mutated in about 30 percent of cases of Wilms tumour and is located on the sex-determining X chromosome, which means…
Cancer
25 Jan 2007
Integrative oncology: A primer
The term integrative oncology appears in the international cancer literature to describe the use of scientifically-proven complementary therapies alongside more conventional medical treatments.
