Found 275 news articles for childhood cancer
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Linking a common stomach bug to gastric cancer
Why does a common bug, Helicobacter pylori, which is present in the stomachs of around half the world’s population, drive stomach cancer in some people? Associate Professor Richard Ferrero Associate…… Read more
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Disease of moving parts: examining the puzzle of cancer
For more than 50 years, the idea that cancer is caused by abnormal genes has been driving cancer research and treatment. Dr Elizabeth Sigston Now, discovery research into epigenetics (how…… Read more
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2018 Fielding Foundation Fellowship and Innovation Award announced
…chemotherapies. The 2018 Fielding Innovation Award recipient, Dr Maree Bilandzic, a senior postdoctoral scientist in the Centre for Cancer Research, has discovered a mechanism by which cancer cells can invade…… Read more
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Could gut bacteria be harnessed to fight cancer?
…to make the vaccine (or in this case, the cancer treatment) work better. How does gut bacteria research affect cancer treatment? Importantly Routy et al. identify and experimentally validate an…… Read more
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Harnessing immune therapies to combat pancreatic cancer
…Cancer Day (Thursday, 16 November). L–R: Dr Daniel Croagh and Professor Brendan Jenkins The Avner Pancreatic Cancer Foundation has awarded an Innovation Grant to Professor Brendan Jenkins, one of six…… Read more
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Professor Henry Burger AO awarded Doctor of Medical Science honoris causa
…successfully isolated the reproductive hormone, inhibin, and characterised its role, including in the diagnosis of some forms of ovarian cancer. In 1971, together with the late Dr Jean Hailes AM,…… Read more
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Paving the way for an endometrial cancer early detection test
…of the most common gynaecological cancers diagnosed in Australian women. In 2017, it’s predicted there will be 2861 new cases of endometrial cancer and 453 deaths from endometrial cancer in…… Read more
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OCRF grants bring ovarian cancer early detection test closer
…early stages when it is at its most treatable, in the same way a mammogram or pap smear have been effective in reducing mortality for breast cancer and cervical cancer,”…… Read more
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When science meets innovation: cell therapies
…on the bone marrow at the Ontario Cancer Institute. It was an honour to be invited to this unveiling and to spend some time with Prof Till after the unveiling….… Read more
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Stem cell breakthrough advances endometriosis research
…periods. Endometrial cancer | The most commonly diagnosed gynaecological cancer in Australia, it affects an estimated 1.7 per cent of women. Endometrial cancer arises from the lining of the uterus (endometrium)….… Read more