Researchers have developed a blood test that can detect the presence of eight common cancers. Called CancerSEEK, the blood test detects tiny amounts of DNA
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Types of Cancer
Bowel
The trillions of bacteria living in our gut (called the gut microbiota) can help determine our risk of cancer, as well as how we might respond to cancer treatment.
Scientists at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute in Melbourne have revealed a novel way to suppress the growth of gastrointestinal tumours.
A closer look at the cancer figures in relation to age at diagnosis shows a clear and dramatic increase in cancer as we age.
One reason may be that men tend to wait a long time before making a visit to the clinic when they feel unwell compared to women.
For nine months we followed 189 men with advanced prostate cancer to assess whether mindfulness-based cognitive therapy led to any improvements over time.
The gold standard treatment for cancer in the last few decades has been a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy – to kill cancer cells.
Culturally, we have very clear ideas about cancer: what someone with cancer looks like, how it must feel, and even what it says about those who get diagnosed.
Physical activity can help people manage the side effects of cancer treatment.
