04/03/2010 | A review of women with recurrent ovarian cancer treated at Westmead Hospital in Sydney has identified a poor response to pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, raising questions about the balance between the benefits of treatment and adverse effects in this group.
04/03/2010 | Australian research suggests that long distance air travel does not increase the risk of lymphoedema in women who have been treated for breast cancer.
25/02/2010 | Injection of malignant melanoma lesions with rose bengal improves the response to radiotherapy without any significant increase in adverse side effects, Australian researchers have found.
25/02/2010 | Combined pelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy significantly improves survival in patients with endometrial carcinoma who are at intermediate or high risk of recurrence, a retrospective analysis finds.
12/02/2010 | The monoclonal antibody denosumab may be a promising treatment in some patients with inoperable giant-cell tumour of bone, research shows.
12/02/2010 | The use of androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer may increase cardiovascular risk factors and the risk for myocardial infarction and cardiac death, a scientific advisory has warned.
05/02/2010 | Patients transplanted with peripheral blood stem cells have no difference in survival compared with patients given bone marrow after 10 years, research shows.
05/02/2010 | Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine and oxaliplatin in potentially operable patients with poor-risk rectal cancer has 'promising' anti-tumour activity, results of a phase II study shows.
29/01/2010 | A recent study of nearly 200 cancer patients which found nearly half the participants were malnourished and needed more information on symptom management has prompted doctors to call for more nutrition support in Australian hospitals.
29/01/2010 | Patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of weakened poxviruses lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, researchers report.