Cancer

Cancer 04 Nov 2018

New resource helps families assess childhood cancer clinical trials

UNSW medical researchers are developing a tool to support families who are deciding whether to enrol in a childhood cancer clinical trial.

Cancer 28 Oct 2018

National cancer screening programs reduce the risk of death from breast, cervical and bowel cancer

People with breast, cervical and bowel cancers detected through national cancer screening programs have better cancer survival outcomes.

Cancer 11 Oct 2018

Birth defect predicts testicular cancer, infertility

First population-based cohort study to assess both adult fertility and cancer risk after surgical correction for undescended testes in early childhood.

Cancer 20 May 2018

Possible novel way to stop untreatable paediatric brain cancers

Researchers used an experimental molecular therapy in preclinical laboratory tests to effectively treat several types of deadly paediatric brain cancer and now propose advancing the…

Cancer 21 Apr 2018

Doctors warn against unnecessary CT scans in children presenting with new onset seizures

New medical advice is recommending doctors avoid Computed Tomography (CT) scans when evaluating children and adolescents who present with their first seizure. The advice is one of five recommendations released by the Australia and New Zealand Child Neurology Society (ANZCNS), a specialty society of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians…

Cancer 12 Nov 2017

New ethical guidelines for fertility preservation of ill children

Doctors treating children with life-threatening illnesses now have a new tool to help them with the ethical questions surrounding fertility preservation.

Cancer 06 Sep 2017

New brain cancer drug shrinks tumours

Researchers found a drug previously approved to treat breast cancer could also be used to shrink medulloblastoma, a common form of childhood brain tumour.

Cancer 17 Sep 2016

Symptoms of mitochondrial disease commonly misdiagnosed

At least 30 Australian children born every week are at risk of developing some form of mitochondrial disease in their lifetimes, yet 90% of affected…

Cancer 04 Apr 2016

Better targeted treatment for young cancer patients

Thirty years ago any child diagnosed with paediatric malignancy would succumb to their disease. Today, children's cancer is a success story, due to advancements in…