News: cancer

New therapy target to shut down multiple myeloma’s ability to survive and thrive

Image of multiple myeloma from under a microscope.

New research from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and SAHMRI has uncovered a potential new treatment for multiple myeloma that inhibits tumour growth and could have the potential to delay or even prevent relapse.

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Top researchers meet to make cancer history

Proteins in Prostate Cancer

World-leading cancer experts will discuss the shifting approach towards diagnosing and treating cancers, such as childhood cancer, and the key challenges in the battle against the disease at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide’s Making Cancer History event.

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Human medicine may provide the key to curing canine cancer

Photo of a dog

A new ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide-led trial will investigate if a potential treatment for breast cancer in humans can prolong the lives of pet dogs who are diagnosed with the disease.

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Why don’t larger dogs live as long as smaller breeds?

A Great Dane and a chihuahua

Scientists have for the first time explained why larger dogs have shorter lifespans than smaller dogs - selective breeding for size has made large breeds more susceptible to cancer.

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Top talent to boost cancer research

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The search for a tailored treatment for cancerous tumours has been bolstered with the appointment of an internationally recognised expert to the South ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogn Immunogenomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI).

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Androgen study could lead to new treatments for breast cancer

Breast cancer cells

An international collaborative study involving ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center researchers has revealed new insights about hormonal treatment that could lead to the development of better breast cancer treatments.

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Low-fat diet could be key to stopping cancer growth

Dr Daniel Thomas and Rolf Suzle stand in front of the camera

New research has found food could play a major role in stopping the growth of some cancers.

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Traditional Chinese medicine reduces side effect of cancer treatment

A patient receives radiotherapy.

For tens of thousands of ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns who receive radiotherapy as part of their cancer treatment, mucositis is a serious side effect that may cause inflammation, ulcers, diarrhoea, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and bloating. 

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Study reveals Indigenous ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns at higher risk of HPV throat cancers

Professor Lisa Jamieson smiles into the camera.

Researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide have found that throat cancers caused by human papilloma virus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease, are 15 times more prevalent in Indigenous ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns than young non-Indigenous ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlogns, and five times the prevalence reported in a systematic review involving the US, Brazil, Mexico and Finland.

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Arthritis drug used to limit antibiotics in blood cancer patients

A doctor and patient smile at each other,

Researchers from the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide and the Radboud ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog Medical Centre in the Netherlands have repurposed an arthritis drug to restrict the use of antibiotics in the treatment of side effects caused by blood cancer, including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma.

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