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Novel way to treat drug-resistant brain tumour cells revealed
In a new study, scientists have explained why the incurable brain cancer, glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is highly resistant to current chemotherapies. The study, from the brain-tumou research lab of Dr. John Kuo, assistant professor of neurological surgery and human oncology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, also reports success for a combination therapy that knocks out signalling of multiple members

Breakthrough drug may extend life of women suffering deadly breast cancer

A new 'magic bullet' drug that offers hope for thousands of women suffering one of the most deadly forms of breast cancer is set to be unveiled. he medicine, aimed at an aggressive form of the

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Study: 'Smart bomb' drug attacks breast cancer
Doctors have successfully dropped the first "smart bomb" on breast cancer, using a drug to deliver a toxic payload to tumor cells while leaving healthy ones alone.

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Study: Hormone pill slows prostate cancer's growth
A hormone-blocking pill approved last year for some men with advanced prostate cancer now also seems to help a wider group of men who were given it sooner in the course of treating their disease.

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In California, it's Big Tobacco vs Lance Armstrong

Fabled as a mecca for the health-conscious and fitness-obsessed, California is also one of only a few states that has not hiked its cigarette taxes in the last decade, meaning it is less expensive

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Global cancer cases could rise 75 pct by 2030

Global cancer cases are projected to rise 75 percent by 2030, in part because many other diseases are being stamped out and more developing countries are adopting Western lifestyles linked to

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