Cancer
18 Nov 2014
Staging of Skin (Cutaneous) Melanoma
Melanoma staging is a system for classifying melanoma skin cancer according to its severity in terms of tumour size, lymph node spread and metastasis at…
Cancer
13 Nov 2014
Melanoma
Skin cancer types including melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma can be prevented by reducing sun exposure. Find out more...
Cancer
19 Aug 2014
Cancer hair loss: Dr Andrew Dean
Hair loss is a common side effect of chemotherapy to treat cancer. Chemo hair loss can be reduced with cold caps and remedied with hair…
Cancer
19 Aug 2014
Diet and nutrition during cancer: Dr Andrew Dean
Dr Andrew Dean talks about the importance of nutrition during cancer treatments, and its intricacies.
Cancer
27 Jul 2014
Chemotherapy and sex: Dr Andrew Dean
Dr Andrew Dean explains the importance of intimacy and the possibilty of sex during on-going cancer treatments.
Cancer
04 Jul 2014
ICON8: An international phase III randomised trial of dose-fractionated chemotherapy compared to standard three-weekly chemotherapy, following immediate primary surgery or as part of delayed primary surgery, for women with newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer
Short title ICON8 (Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group trial number ANZGOG14) Summary ICON8 is a randomised (1:1:1 ratio), three-arm, three stage Gynaecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) phase III trial designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of dose-dense, dose-fractionated carboplatin-paclitaxel chemotherapy in the first-line treatment of ovarian cancer. Official title…
Cancer
10 Mar 2014
Secondary Thyroid Cancer More Deadly than Primary Malignancy in Young Individuals
A new analysis has found that adolescents and young adults who develop thyroid cancer as a secondary cancer have a significantly greater risk of dying…
Cancer
01 Jan 2014
Big data set to make a big difference in childhood cancer treatment
UTS research crunching vast amounts of data on childhood cancer to better tailor treatment is one step closer to assisting clinicians as the collaboration with…
Cancer
22 Nov 2013
Double-pronged attack could treat common children’s cancer
A dual-pronged strategy using two experimental cancer drugs together could successfully treat a childhood cancer by inhibiting tumour growth and blocking off the escape routes it uses to become resistant to treatment, finds a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research on November 1st. Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, found…
