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VCCC in the News
The Sydney Morning Herald (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Apr 28, 2021  8:23
In Sydney, stories about the government funding a “major cost blowout” of a few extra billions on the Metro ...
. Or to put it in real terms, because the groundbreaking Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre would not be a landmark if the government’s
 
COSA • Apr 29, 2021  15:0
finish #WorldImmunisationWeek - our April #COVID19 update has a huge list of publications & resources on #COVID19vaccines & more Includes a @viccompcancercr webinar, @ASImmunology public lecture & articles discussing everything from fl
 
 
Head and Neck
Oncology News Australia • Apr 28, 2021  23:40
Despite access to some of the best possible medical care in the world, Senators John McCain and Edward Kennedy both died within 18 months ...
Study leads to the identification of a new drug target for brain cancer
 
 
Lung Cancer
Oncology News Australia • Apr 29, 2021  19:51
A new study of advanced small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur ...
-cell lung cancer (SCLC) led by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and
 
 
Prostate Cancer
Oncology News Australia • Apr 29, 2021  19:51
A new prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is and could reduce invasive biopsies Researchers from the University of ...
A new prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is and could reduce invasive biopsies Researchers from the University of East
 
Mirage News • Apr 28, 2021  21:4
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method that makes it possible to control human hormones and metabolism. ...
New metabolism regulating method: Could improve prostate cancer and high cholesterol treatments
 
 
Treatment Development
Yahoo!7 Finance • Apr 30, 2021  2:58
In a joint address to Congress last night, President Biden updated the nation on vaccination efforts and outlined his administration’s ...
In a joint address to Congress last night, President Biden updated the nation on vaccination efforts and outlined his administration’s
 
The Medical News • May 1, 2021  12:27
A Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that BK virus (BKV)-specific T cells from ...
A Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that BK virus (BKV)-specific T cells from
 
Mirage News • Apr 30, 2021  6:26
After patients with cancer undergo surgery to remove a tumor and sometimes additional chemotherapy, tools are used to identify patients at ...
especially high value. In a new study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (
 
The National Tribune • Apr 29, 2021  6:12
Naoto Hirano, a professor in U of T’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine, and his colleagues have developed a more powerful way to identify immune ...
New technology could allow more cancer patients to benefit from immunotherapy
 
The Medical News • Apr 28, 2021  14:18
The neutron reflexometry method has given scientists an atomic-level insight into the behavior of Bcl-2, a protein that promotes cancerous ...
Scientists gain atomic-level insight into behavior of a protein that promotes cancer growth
 
The Medical News • Apr 27, 2021  21:51
A research group at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered molecular events that determine whether cancer ...
at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered molecular events that determine whether cancer cells live or die.
 
 
Men's Cancer
COSMOS Magazine • Apr 28, 2021  14:2
NANOS2 gene promotes sex determination but could lead to tumours if absent.
Link between sperm development and testicular cancer
 
Mirage News • Apr 27, 2021  23:44
A recent study by the University of Eastern Finland shows that loneliness among middle-aged men is associated with an increased risk of ...
aged men is associated with an increased risk of cancer. According to the researchers, taking account of loneliness and social relationships
 
 
Women's Cancer
MSN - Australia • May 2, 2021  7:1
Peter Schmid, professor of cancer medicine at the Barts Cancer Centre described the drug as 'displaying mind-blowing activity in patients ...
'Amazing' results with new breast cancer drug
 
The Medical News • May 1, 2021  9:22
Medical researchers at Flinders University have established a new link between high body mass index (BMI) and breast cancer survival rates ...
Researchers establish new link between high BMI and breast cancer survival rates
 
Mirage News • Apr 30, 2021  1:4
Concerns about fertility often influence how young women with breast cancer approach treatment decisions and are a reason for forgoing or ...
For young patients with breast cancer, fertility concerns influence endocrine therapy decisions, study finds
 
Mirage News • Apr 29, 2021  2:8
Drawing on a series of studies and interviews with patients and caregivers, UCLA researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy ...
and caregivers, UCLA researchers from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have
 
Oncology News Australia • Apr 27, 2021  23:10
A type of drug used against ovarian and breast cancers could offer a brand new targeted approach for treating a range of cancers with ...
, including a common form of kidney cancer. Researchers found that drugs known as PARP inhibitors killed cancer cells harbouring a defect i
 
ScienceAlert • Apr 27, 2021  23:59
An unusual but ubiquitous hormone called prolactin, which plays a vital role in producing milk during pregnancy, could also be a major ...
Two Major Studies Have Connected One Key Hormone to Breast Cancer
 
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners • Apr 27, 2021  15:32
It can reduce the risk of breast cancer by one-third to one-half, yet new research finds 35% of GPs are unaware of ...
Herman Professor of Primary Care Cancer Research at the University of Melbourne and Western Health, told newsGP he was not surprised by
 
 
Cancer Care
Mirage News • Apr 29, 2021  23:8
Researchers at the Cheriton School of Computer Science have applied machine learning to identify tumour-specific antigens, which could help ...
Personalizing cancer treatment through machine learning
 
Oncology News Australia • Apr 27, 2021  15:10
Exclusive Commentary for OncologyNews by Alison Pearce, Ben Smith and Jake Williams Cancer survivors who worry a lot about their cancer ...
Fear of cancer returning is not only stressful for patients, it also costs the health care system money
 
 
COVID-19 & Cancer
The West Australian (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • Apr 29, 2021  8:23
One Georgia cancer survivor explains why she decided to receive the COVID-10 vaccine.
Cancer survivor gets COVID-19 vaccine after weighing risks, benefits
 
Oncology News Australia • Apr 27, 2021  23:10
A single dose of a Covid-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in around 70 per cent of patients with myeloma – suggesting that it does ...
First Covid jab provides protection for most myeloma blood cancer patients