Starving prostate cancer

Science in Public on 2 November, 2011


Prostate cancers are hungry, growing cells. Now we know how to cut off their food supply thanks to research to be published later this month in Cancer Research—work funded by Movember and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia

Researchers at the Centenary Institute in Sydney have discovered a potential future treatment for prostate cancer—through starving the tumour cells of an essential nutrient they need to grow rapidly. Read More about Starving prostate cancer

Is your treatment working? Cancer scanner pinpoints dividing lung cancer cells

Niall on 27 July, 2009

A team of Victorian researchers have discovered how to track if lung tumours respond during a course of treatment. Trials with five patients revealed that some tumours responded quickly to treatment while others continued to grow. A larger trial is now underway with twenty patients.
The new technique could transform lung cancer treatment.
“At present there is […]