"The problem with oesophageal cancer is that it doesn’t have many symptoms until it’s too late, which is why the survival ...

The sponge collects cells from the oesophagus as it is pulled out from the stomach. The cells are then tested for two ...

Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s oesophagus, a ...

Legendary Formula 1 designer Gordon Murray has revealed that he is battling esophageal cancer, which was discovered following ...

The ‘pill-on-a-thread’ test invented in Cambridge could be used as a far less invasive alternative to endoscopies for half of ...

Nick Stone discusses some of the many ways in which light can be used for diagnostic and therapeutic applications ...

In a nerve-sparing prostatectomy, surgeons try to avoid cutting the nerves near the prostate. Learn about how this surgery is done, whether it’s safe, and how effective it is.

Beloved ABC radio host James Valentine has revealed a second cancer diagnosis months after having a tumour removed.

Valentine, who received treatment for oesophageal cancer last year, will take a leave of absence to treat the newly confirmed tumours in his omentum.

Immunotherapy let some cancer patients with mismatch repair deficient tumors completely avoid surgery, chemo and radiation, a clinical trial finds. Cancer operations that remove whole or parts of ...

Six percent of all breast cancer patients carry BRCA gene mutations, but in patients under 45, roughly 12% carry the gene. BRCA cancers are notoriously aggressive and difficult to treat.

Methods A prospective non-randomised trial compared a structured prehabilitation exercise intervention during neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery versus conventional best-practice for oesophageal ...