Found 510 results for childhood cancer

  • Breakthrough heralds hope for advanced bladder cancer patients

    …Each year more than 2800 Australians are diagnosed with bladder cancer. It is the fourth most common cancer among men and the ninth most common cancer among women. Because of……  Read more

  • Researchers identify key driver of devastating muscle wasting disease affecting cancer patients

    Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide, and is frequently associated with cachexia. Cachexia is a devastating syndrome of weight and muscle wasting, affecting as many as……  Read more

  • OCRF grants bring ovarian cancer early detection test closer

    Scientists at Hudson Institute are closer to developing an early detection test for ovarian cancer and better therapies to treat the disease, thanks to new research funding. The Ovarian Cancer……  Read more

  • Disease of moving parts: examining the puzzle of cancer

    For more than 50 years, the idea that cancer is caused by abnormal genes has been driving cancer research and treatment. Dr Elizabeth Sigston Now, discovery research into epigenetics (how……  Read more

  • $2.2 million awarded to tackle rare ovarian cancer

    …Driven Research Initiative. It is part of $16.2 million that the Federal Health Minister, The Hon Greg Hunt, announced for eight ovarian cancer projects on World Ovarian Cancer Day. Dr……  Read more

    Professor Peter Fuller AM and Dr Simon at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research

  • Cataloguing brain cancer in children – Hudson Institute celebrates funding

    …paediatric cancers of poorest survival.” “Childhood brain cancers comprise a diverse disease set that requires detailed molecular phenotyping and genomic sequencing to comprehensively catalogue,” A/Prof Firestein said. “So there is……  Read more

    Associate Professor Ron Firestein from the Cancer Genetics and Functional Genomics Research Group at Hudson Institute