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'Feel-good hormones' make sun exposure addictive, study suggests
Jun 20, 2014
Many of us ignore health warnings that we should cover up in the sun. A new study suggests it is because the sun releases 'feel-good' endorphins, causing addiction to UV radiation. Read More
Gardasil® approved in Europe for the prevention of anal cancer
Jun 20, 2014
Sanofi Pasteur MSD has announced that the European Commission has granted marketing authorisation for the use of Gardasil for the prevention of anal precancerous lesions and anal cancers causally... Read More
Molecular 'yin-yang' of blood vessel growth may point the way to new anti-cancer strategies
Jun 20, 2014
Biologists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a crucial process that regulates the development of blood vessels. Read More
Researchers find no link between soy food and endometrial cancer risk
Jun 20, 2014
Researchers have found no evidence of a protective association between soy food and endometrial cancer risk, says a new study published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Read More
Cancer testing mistakes lead to patients missing out on treatment
Jun 20, 2014
Some breast cancer patients have been missing out on specific treatment after 4% of study participants had their tumors classified incorrectly, researchers find. Read More
Detection rate for invasive breast cancers significantly higher with 3-D digital mammography
Jun 20, 2014
In community-based radiology practice, mammography screening with 3D digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) yielded lower recall rates, an increased overall cancer detection rate, and an increased... Read More
Adult stem cell regulation 'contributes to lung cancer formation'
Jun 19, 2014
A new study by UCLA researchers explains how disruptions to an adult stem cell repair process can result in the formation of pre-cancerous lesions in the lungs. Read More
Platypus study reveals genetic pathway that can slow spread of ovarian cancer
Jun 19, 2014
University of Adelaide research into the origins of ovarian cancer has led to the discovery of a genetic pathway that could slow the spread of the cancer. Read More
Restoring Pax5 function may reverse common childhood leukaemia
Jun 19, 2014
Melbourne researchers have shown a type of leukaemia can be successfully 'reversed' by coaxing the cancer cells back into normal development. Read More
The role of risk profiling in mammography readings, breast cancer diagnosis
Jun 19, 2014
A new approach to examining mammograms that takes into account a woman's health risk profile would reduce the number of cancer instances missed and also cut the number of false positives, according... Read More
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