The Australian Government has announced $5M in funding for bushfire related health research; doctors have warned of a possible increase in lung cancer due to bushfire smoke. Research into the toxic effects of childhood cancer treatment show risk reduction efforts are benefiting patients. However, in a separate study, researchers found that the same survivors are five times more likely to develop a second primary cancer. Strong evidence suggests Maori patients with cancer are more likely to die than other groups due to late diagnosis. |
| | | Monday 13 January - Monday 20 January | | | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Jan 20, 2020 0:28 | | | Childhood cancer survivors more likely to get another cancer Although recent advances in treating children with cancer have improved survival, childhood cancer survivors are five times more likely to... Childhood cancer survivors more likely to get another cancer |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Jan 17, 2020 3:10 | | | Can cannabis cure cancer? We don't really know yet In an opinion article, US and Spanish experts discuss the evidence that cannabis can be used to treat cancer, and say that a lot of online... Can cannabis cure cancer? We don't really know yet |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Jan 17, 2020 0:7 | | | Māori missing early cancer diagnoses There is already strong evidence that Māori cancer patients are more likely to die of their cancer than other groups, and a new study has... at an advanced stage. Using clinical data and the New Zealand Cancer Registry, researchers found Māori were more likely... |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Jan 16, 2020 10:52 | | | Long-term effects of childhood cancer beginning to decline Efforts to reduce exposure to the most toxic effects of cancer treatment appear to be working, according to a study of adult survivors of... . Across 23,000 adults who had been treated for cancer in the 1970s, '80s and '90s, researchers found small but... |
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| | The Department of Health • Jan 15, 2020 12:41 | | | New funding for bushfire related health research The Government has announced $5 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research to study the medium-term health effects... The Government has announced $5 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research to study the... |
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| | Science Media Exchange - Scimex • Jan 14, 2020 3:31 | | | Melanoma cells strengthen their skeletons to resist anti-cancer therapies UK researchers have figured out that melanoma cells can resist treatment thanks to the ability to boost their internal cellular skeletons,... , called ROCK and Myosin II. The researchers found high levels of these proteins help the cancer cells survive and resist... |
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