Screening and surveillance guidelines for the for the early detection of colorectal cancer and adenomatous polyps have been released by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
08/12/2009
The Cancer Council of Australia says that escalating obesity has contributed almost as much as smoking to a doubling of oesophageal cancer diagnoses in Australia over the past 25 years.
16/02/2010
A US biotech company, EDP Biotech (EDP), has developed a new technology for detecting early-stage colon cancer. EDP says the blood test is inexpensive and can detect colon cancer in its earliest, most curable stages.
16/02/2010
The prognosis for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is still relatively poor despite improvements in survival rates.
24/02/2010
BIOPHARMICA ’S expert cancer cell biology researchers have screened synthetic molecules and natural extracts, yielding a new class of potential anti-cancer drugs.
17/03/2009
General practitioners and other health care professionals can use a new online tool to assess a woman’s risk of ovarian or breast cancer based on family history.
09/02/2010
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare are testing a new drug, PHA-848125AC, specifically for thymic cancer based on early promising results at Scottsdale Healthcare.
17/12/2009
Applications for the Federal Government’s AUD$560 million Regional Cancer Centres are now open. Eligible public or private organisations can apply for infrastructure funding to establish new or enhanced regional cancer centres.
17/11/2009
The European Commission has approved Herceptin (trastuzumab) in combination with chemotherapy for use in patients with HER2-positive metastatic stomach (gastric) cancer.
02/02/2010
PRIMA Biomed has secured $12m in funding to advance the commercialisation of the CVac ovarian cancer vaccine treatment product.
17/03/2009
Roche is investing about 190 million Swiss Francs (approx. AUD$210 million) in a new technology that might allow breast cancer patients to self-administer cancer drugs such as Herceptin.
29/01/2010
A US National Institutes of Health -AARP Diet and Health Study, has put the Australian BBQ tradition under the microscope after finding people who eat red meat are more likely to suffer from cancer or heart attack.
30/03/2009
Continuing roll-out of the national immunisation program aimed at cervical cancer is thought to have caused a spike in the Government’s spending on preventative health measures in the financial year ending 2008.
10/11/2009
Monash University biomedical scientists have identified a new way to treat castrate resistant cells in prostate cancer sufferers.
17/03/2010
TWENTY cancer patients at three Melbourne hospitals are due to take part in a chemotherapy delivery trial using the new EnGeneIC Delivery Vehicle (EDV) device, which aims to dramatically cut the amount of chemotherapy needed for treatment.
30/06/2009
Roche has announced results from studies showing that Herceptin reduces the risk of the cancer returning by about one third in women with HER2-positive early breast cancer compared to patients receiving chemotherapy alone.
17/12/2009
ACCORDING to a report by Nehmat Houssami in the Annals of Oncology, women who survived a primary breast cancer were more likely to survive a subsequent case if detected early.
20/03/2009
University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers have developed a prostate cancer treatment device to enhance a US company’s Prostate Immobilizer Balloon System.
09/11/2009
INTEGRA Biosciences and Viaflo have announced they will exhibit their collaborative portfolio of liquid handling products at the 2009 annual Cancer Research meeting.
07/04/2009
THE CANCER Council Queensland's Palliative Care Centre at The Townsville Hospital, has been opened, heralding a new chapter in the care of terminally ill patients in North Queensland.
16/10/2009