Monday 11 May – Monday 18 May COVID-19 is changing the way cancer treatment is delivered: breast cancer clinics are providing access to a shorter, less invasive form of radiotherapy; telehealth is increasingly being implemented for medical consultations. However, the impact of the pandemic on medical research is yet to be fully realised as universities report revenue drops and labs have paused scientific research. Queensland researchers have developed a world-first saliva test to detect early throat cancer. Scientists from ARC Centre of Excellence in Bio Nano Science have developed nanomedicine that gets into tumour tissue and can travel to the core of the tumour. An international team have developed a drug-loaded microrobotic needle that can target, and remain attached, to cancerous tissue. |
| | | COVID-19 and Cancer |  |  | The Medical News • May 16, 2020 12:14 |  | | Lung cancer patients are at heightened risk for COVID-19 and the reported high mortality rate among lung cancer patients with COVID-19 has... Experts publish a review of lung cancer treatments for patients with COVID-19 |
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| | Australia News - The Guardian • May 13, 2020 3:30 | | | From virtual hospitals to FaceTimed GP visits, innovations that have sprung up in response to coronavirus could transform a sector... ” to increase rural communities’ access to specialist services via telehealth, for cancer treatment and other services.... |
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| | The Conversation [AU] • May 12, 2020 10:57 | | | Disclosure statement The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that... has invested about an extra A$13 million into the Medical Research Future Fund to support COVID-related research. The UK... |
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| | ABC News • May 11, 2020 20:40 | | | Many breast cancer clinics are increasing access to a shorter and less invasive form of radiotherapy, in what advocates say is a silver... Coronavirus makes shorter, less invasive breast cancer treatment easier to access - ABC News |
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| | The Guardian • May 11, 2020 19:0 | | | The stage 2 cervical cancer has been a disease I experience close up, but coronavirus felt farther away – like an invisible threat If my coronavirus test comes back positive, it will stop my cancer treatment |
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| | | Treatment | | | LabOnline • May 14, 2020 15:38 | | | An international team of scientists has developed a drug-loaded microrobotic needle that effectively targets and remains attached to... Microrobotic needle screwed into cancer tissue |
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| | The Courier-Mail (Licensed by Copyright Agency) • May 12, 2020 21:10 | | | Exclusive: Researchers have developed a brain cancer drug that can cut through the brain’s protective coating - the... it to cross the blood-brain barrier. Once in the brain tumour the high acid levels in cancer cells trigger the release of... |
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| | The Medical News • May 11, 2020 13:46 | | | Scientists have used 3D models to break down the DNA behavior of cancer cells, in a breakthrough new study which could revolutionize... Breakthrough study could revolutionize cancer treatment |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • May 12, 2020 1:31 | | | Cancer and chemotherapy can be a physically and psychologically demanding experience for patients. In an effort to find a potential... -inspiring Disney films. In a randomised clinical trial of 50 women with gynecologic cancer, 25 participants watched... |
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| | | Research | | | The Medical News • May 14, 2020 7:55 | | | There are immune cells in our bodies that directly destroy infected or cancer cells - they are called natural killer cells. Recently, a... infected or cancer cells - they are called natural killer cells. Recently, a POSTECH research team has developed an... |
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| | The Medical News • May 12, 2020 11:57 | | | Questions about the genealogical imprint of tumors have hovered over cancer research since the completion of the Human Genome Project in... of tumors have hovered over cancer research since the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003. Is liver... |
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| | Queensland University Of Technology • May 12, 2020 7:4 | | | A simple saliva test developed by QUT biomedical scientists has detected early throat cancer in a person who had no symptoms and no... World-first saliva test detects hidden throat cancer |
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