c4d15547-26f1-474b-a321-100edfc1e036 Socioeconomic and demographic factors strongly influence the likelihood that a woman will opt for reconstruction after mastectomy, an Australian study has found. Fri, 18 May 2012 04:04:31 GMT 78e0f823-4e60-41e9-98ab-20c96415f2d9 The new BRAF inhibitor dabrafenib substantially shrinks BRAF-mutant brain tumours, a US/Australian study has shown, with brain metastases in nine out of ten melanoma patients reduced in size. Fri, 18 May 2012 04:02:50 GMT a176e4d9-7de4-427e-9926-61d10150fb07 Adjuvant radiotherapy improves lymph node-field control in patients at high risk of relapse after therapeutic lymphadenectomy for metastatic melanoma, an Australian-New Zealand study has confirmed. Fri, 18 May 2012 03:57:41 GMT 1c27a3a7-8a69-4153-b037-2162679d8488 Mesorectal excision with lateral lymph node dissection for lower rectal cancer results in substantially longer operating times and more complications than mesorectal excision alone, new Japanese research has found. Fri, 18 May 2012 03:55:18 GMT c03e94f9-8076-413a-9443-8be9cbd4c823 The strategy used by the search engine Google to determine which pages are most relevant for a search query can be used to guide the treatment of cancer, German researchers have demonstrated. Fri, 18 May 2012 03:52:44 GMT