A MORE accurate and earlier test that will help save the lives of colorectal cancer sufferers will be developed in a $763,000 Brumby Labor Government pilot research project.
23/07/2009
ACCORDING to the Mayo Clinic, a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test results can indicate the risk of prostate cancer.
18/02/2009
Cancer research in New South Wales has been given AUD$10 million to help NSW better understand, prevent and treat cancer.
26/11/2009
THE RUDD Government has announced cancer patients in Bendigo, Wodonga, Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie and Hobart will be able to benefit from new cancer treatments as part of clinical cancer trials.
31/08/2009
THE Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) have announced they will receive an $18m ($A23m) injection into pancreatic cancer.
28/05/2009
RESEARCHERS at the University of North Carolina say that women with a family history of breast cancer should be "strongly encouraged" to breastfeed.
14/08/2009
A molecule found in a curry ingredient can kill oesophageal cancer cells in the laboratory, suggesting it might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment.
02/11/2009
SPECTRUM Pharmaceuticals has announced the FDA has granted Fast Track Designation for the investigation of apaziquone (EOquin) for the treatment of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer.
24/07/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has granted the Princess Alexandra Hospital $7.5m to establish a Prostate Cancer Research Centre, which will be hosted by the Queensland University of technology (QUT).
19/01/2009
THE ANNE Rita Monahan Foundation will host a high English afternoon tea in efforts to raise funds for ovarian cancer research on 28 Febuary 2009 at Sheraton Downtown Pheonix at 2pm.
17/02/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Cancer Researcher Foundation (ACRF) is asking for applications from across Australia from leading scientists for cancer research grants of $1.5m to $5m
26/03/2009
RESEARCHERS at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Centre have identified the gene ATDC which is over expressed in 90% of pancreatic cancers.
03/03/2009
NEW guidelines have been released for physicians using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose and make treatment decisions for breast cancer.
17/02/2009
Melbourne researchers have received AUD$1.5 million to investigate whether breast stem cells or their descendents are directly linked to breast cancer, in the hope of leading to new treatments for the disease.
07/12/2009
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
RESEARCHERS at the University of California, Santa Cruz have developed a Cancer Genomics Browser which provides a new way to visualise and analyse data from studies aimed at improving cancer treatment by unravelling the complex genetic roots of the disease.
02/04/2009
VICTORIAN RESEARCHERS have identified a new scanning technology and a gene called scribble as two potential new prostate cancer management systems.
02/10/2009
THE UNIVERSITY of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience and Life Technologies have announced a strategic scientific research collaboration to study pancreatic and ovarian cancer in Australia.
10/08/2009
RESEARCHERS at the University of Toronto have created a device no bigger than a Blackberry which is able to analyse and detect cancer biomarkers using only minute quantities of biological samples.
02/10/2009
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