An international study has discovered that a compound extracted from the Australian funnel-web spider is highly effective at killing melanoma cells.
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Types of Cancer
Skin
It might be a spot, lump, bump or polyp you’ve found suspicious or bothersome enough to ask a doctor to have a look at.
Queensland researchers have developed an online test for people aged 40 and over to predict their risk of developing melanoma over the next 3.5 years
Unlike most common cancers, such as breast and lung cancer, the incidence of melanoma continues to increase, mainly in young people below the age of 30.
A closer look at the cancer figures in relation to age at diagnosis shows a clear and dramatic increase in cancer as we age.
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.
Researchers have found that reversing the order of treatment for patients with certain cancers could dramatically improve survival rates.
Coming back to work after cancer treatment, or working during, will not come as easy as before diagnosis.
