Encouraging young women to quit smoking has taken on added importance after University of Queensland research showed associations between smoking, early menopause and lung cancer. Professor Gita Mishra and colleagues from UQ’s School of Public Health found women who experienced early menopause at age 45 or younger had an increased risk of lung cancer, although the risk was […]
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Increasing the accuracy of early ovarian cancer detection: A test being developed in Queensland could help to reduce the high mortality rate from ovarian cancer by dramatically improving the accuracy of early detection. University of Queensland researchers said the test had successfully detected more than 90 per cent of early ovarian cancer compared to 50 […]
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Skin cancer: new immunotherapy treatment strategies improve prognosis – but prevention is still essential: Immunotherapy has revolutionised the treatment of inoperable, metastasised skin cancer. More than 50% of patients are still alive more than five years after treatment, whereas, 10 years ago, this figure was not even 5%. The experts from the Comprehensive Cancer Center […]
Text intervention reduces sunburn for those at risk: Regular and interactive text messaging has been shown to be an effective way to help young people avoid sunburn by changing their behaviour. A team led by University of Queensland researcher Professor Monika Janda set out to establish the optimal text messaging intervention to achieve behaviour change in young […]
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Over half of those with a skin condition feel judged by others, But four in five believe that their appearance is important to their general wellbeing. More than half of those with a skin disease feel judged by others because of it, according to a new British Skin Foundation survey. On top of that, a […]
The effect of acute exercise in humans on cancer cell growth: New research presented at The Physiological Society‘s Annual Conference Physiology 2021 shows that molecules released into the bloodstream during exercise (such as small proteins) can act directly on bowel cancer cells to slow down their growth. Previous research has shown that regular physical activity reduces […]
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Women recovering from endometrial cancer require health professionals to provide them with individualised weight management plans to assist with their recovery, a University of Queensland study has shown. UQ’s Professor Monika Janda said endometrial cancer was the most common sub-type of womb cancer and survivors often had issues with obesity and weight gain before and following treatment. […]
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Increasing sensitivity of bowel cancer test could help earlier diagnosis for young people – research finds. Increasing the sensitivity of a bowel cancer test used by GPs could help identify more cases of bowel cancer in young people with symptoms of the disease and ultimately save lives, new research co-authored by Bowel Cancer UK has […]
New generation anti-cancer drug shows promise for children with brain tumours. A genetic map of an aggressive childhood brain tumour called medulloblastoma has helped researchers identify a new generation anti-cancer drug that can be repurposed as an effective treatment for the disease. This international collaboration, led by researchers from The University of Queensland’s Diamantina Institute and WEHI in Melbourne, could […]
Potential marker for success of immunotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer: Lung cancer has the highest mortality rate of all cancers, and treatment options are extremely limited, especially for patients with oncogenic mutations in the KRAS gene. A great deal of hope was invested in the licensing of immune checkpoint inhibitors, but the reality […]