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Discovery could start a new chapter in stem-cell medicineResearchers have established a method to identify individual nanoparticles released by human cells, opening the way for them to become diagnostic tools in the early-detection of cancers, dementia and kidney disease.
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Elimination of cervical cancer in sightCervical cancer could be effectively eliminated within the next 40 years, with Australia set to be the first country, according to the world’s leading cervical cancer experts.
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High-risk women choosing surgery to prevent cancerThe Women’s has experienced more than a five-fold increase in the numbers of healthy women with a family link to cancer, choosing surgery to remove their reproductive organs in order to prevent ovarian cancer.
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New HPV vaccine available to school students
As 12 and 13-year-old boys and girls start a new school year, they will have access to the new, improved vaccine to protect against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer in women.
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Cancer patients missing out on fertility preservationMany women diagnosed with cancer are not being referred to fertility preservation specialists due to fears of delaying their treatment, a study of Australian oncologists has shown.
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Trial asks: are we over-treating breast cancer?Women are being recruited to a trial that will look at whether women with breast cancer are being "over-treated" by having their lymph nodes removed.
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Landmark study shows DNA test for HPV virus more effective than Pap smearThe Women’s has taken part in landmark research that has found DNA screening for the human papillomavirus (HPV), is more effective in detecting pre-cancerous cells than Pap-smears.
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New vaccine shown to slash cervical cancerA large, global trial of a new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has found it could cut the rate of cervical cancer by a further 23 per cent compared to the existing Gardasil vaccine.
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Over 90 per cent of cervical cancers are preventable by vaccination
Up to 93 per cent of cervical cancers in Australia could be prevented by a new HPV vaccination, and researchers hope one day vaccination will almost entirely eradicate the disease.
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Infertility calculator being developed to help breast cancer patientsResearchers at the Women’s are developing an online infertility calculator to help breast cancer patients understand how their treatment may affect their fertility.
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