We caught up for a Q&A with one of the Centre’s Ph.D. students, Brielle Parris, to learn more about what goes on behind-the-scenes
The Big picture…
The Big Picture
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Types of Cancer
Lung
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
The ACRF Centre for Lung Cancer Early Detection will deliver a major new research effort focusing on detecting lung cancer sooner.
Cancer researchers have discovered the cells that are thought to give rise to lung squamous cell carcinoma, the second most common subtype of lung cancer.
A closer look at the cancer figures in relation to age at diagnosis shows a clear and dramatic increase in cancer as we age.
Cancer researchers have identified a potential pathway for the development of precision medicine, targeting an aggressive form of non-small cell lung cancer.
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.
