Twice a day radiation therapy cuts down deaths from cancer : European Cancer Congress 2017 supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jan 2017 2:19 PM ISTWashington : A study suggests that treating head and neck cancer patients with twice-a-day radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy can prove...
New treatment recommendations for a high-risk pediatric leukemia supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 11:52 AM ISTResearch led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has identified three genetic alterations to help identify high-risk pediatric patients with...
Statins may hold keys to future cancer treatment: Research supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 11:49 AM ISTHigh doses of drugs commonly used to fight high cholesterol can destroy a rogue protein produced by a damaged gene that is associated with nearly half...
KIMS team successfully performs a complex surgery to remove tumour supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jan 2017 12:45 PM ISTHyderabad : A team of experts at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMS hospital in Secunderabad, including Medical Oncologist Dr R V Rao,...
Malaria drug successfully treats 26-year-old brain cancer patient supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jan 2017 12:40 PM ISTAfter her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her only a few...
Tata Memorial Hospital begins 1st Clinical Trial on Hairloss on Chemotherapy Meghna Singhania19 Jan 2017 2:19 PM ISTHair loss during chemotherapy is a common phenomena. It is also a cause of worry for many patients, especially women, with highly reported fall in...
Indian pepper holds key for new cancer fighting drug: study supriya kashyap kashyap15 Jan 2017 2:45 PM ISTHouston : The Indian long pepper, widely popular for spicing up food, may soon be used as a potential cancer treatment drug, according to a new...
Reducing the radioresistance of cancer : Study supriya kashyap kashyap15 Jan 2017 10:59 AM ISTMost people recognize that many forms of cancer are treated with radiation therapy. However, some may not realize that there are cancer cells with the...
Has Cancer found its bane in Vitamin C, investigates research -Prof.RamHarshSingh14 Jan 2017 11:57 AM ISTWashington : US researchers have found that giving Vitamin C intravenously can produce super-high concentration in the blood, which has ability to...
Bronchial carcinoma: Added benefit of crizotinib not proven supriya kashyap kashyap12 Jan 2017 12:29 PM ISTSince August 2016 crizotinib (trade name: Xalkori) has also been available for adults with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in whom the...
Researchers discover new subtype of cervical cancer supriya kashyap kashyap11 Jan 2017 1:13 PM ISTA team of University of South Carolina scientists led by Carolyn Banister and Phillip Buckhaults has identified a new sub type of cervical cancer...
New drug may reduce skin cancer spread by 90 per cent: study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Jan 2017 9:38 AM ISTWashington : Scientists have developed a new compound that reduces the spread of melanoma cells by up to 90 per cent, an advance that may pave the way...
