Breast cancer

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Health & Medicine

Predicting cancer risk from mammograms could revolutionise screening

Two new mammogram imaging techniques could revolutionise breast screening by predicting each woman’s cancer risk

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New immune cells help maintain breast health

Researchers have discovered a new type of immune cell that helps keep breast tissue healthy within mammary ducts – the sites where milk is produced and transported – and where breast cancers arise

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Targeting ovarian cancer

A new discovery will help doctors deliver more targeted treatments for patients with this devastating cancer

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Filling in the genetic blanks of breast cancer predisposition

A pioneering study helps explain why around 60 per cent of families with multiple breast cancer cases can’t be explained by genetic studies, paving the way for learning more about why some families are prone to certain diseases

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Podcast

Why can’t we cure cancer?

Nearly 50,000 people will die from cancer in Australia this year. What does the future of treatment look like, and are funding and policy settings working for or against it?

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Q&A

Q&A: Comprehensively beating cancer

Comprehensive cancer centres bring experts from a range of disciplines together and they’re making significant breakthroughs - we find out why this approach to research and treatment is proving so effective

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Health & Medicine

A chip off the DNA block

Scientists identify genetic markers that can help fight cancer before it begins

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