Older women with breast cancer not included in medical trials : Study supriya kashyap kashyap23 Dec 2016 9:00 AM ISTOlder women are still underrepresented in medical trials evaluating treatments for breast cancer, according to a new study.Of three different types of...
Potential gastric cancer biomarker which could help in early diagnosis identified supriya kashyap kashyap22 Dec 2016 1:10 PM ISTWashington : Researchers have identified a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for gastric cancer, paving the way for diagnosis and possible...
Calcium channel blockers prevent metastasis: Study savita thakur thakur22 Dec 2016 11:29 AM ISTResearchers at the University of Turku, Finland have identified a new way of blocking metastasis or the spread of cancer. Calcium channel blockers,...
Breast density better indicator than mammography for breast cancer detection: Study supriya kashyap kashyap21 Dec 2016 9:18 AM ISTThere is a strong connection between breast cancer and the high rate of breast density. These are cases wherein the patient has previously undergone...
Prostate cancer rising by 2.5 % a year in India: Experts supriya kashyap kashyap20 Dec 2016 11:20 AM ISTMumbai : Prostate cancer the second most common cancer among the residents of Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata and Pune is increasing at the rate of...
Only two HPV shots for younger adolescents: New CDC recommendation Noha16 Dec 2016 2:39 PM ISTCenters for diseases control and prevention (CDC) has recently recommended that 11- to 12-year-olds receive two doses of HPV vaccine at least six...
Aspirin slows spread of gastrointestinal cancer : Study savita thakur thakur15 Dec 2016 3:24 PM ISTResearchers from Oregon Health and Science University have found that aspirin may slow the spread of some types of colon and pancreatic cancer cells....
Heart damage caused by chemotherapy is worse in patients with diabetes savita thakur thakur13 Dec 2016 1:53 PM ISTLeipzig: Heart damage caused by chemotherapy is worse in cancer patients who also have diabetes, according to a study presented today at...
Cancer spread is increased by a high fat diet, ground-breaking evidence shows supriya kashyap kashyap13 Dec 2016 12:21 PM ISTA study partly funded by UK charity Worldwide Cancer Research and headed by Professor Salvador Aznar Benitah, at the Institute for Research in...
Depression drug cuts joint pain for women with breast cancer savita thakur thakur12 Dec 2016 1:39 PM ISTA drug typically used to treat depression and anxiety can significantly reduce joint pain in postmenopausal women being treated for early stage breast...
Pune: Doctors surgically remove 3.5 kg tumour from patients stomach Noha11 Dec 2016 9:44 AM ISTPune: A patient with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) measuring 35x35x32 cm and weighing 3.65 kg was successfully operated upon at a private...
Patients in India wait four months before seeking cancer diagnosis: PGI Study savita thakur thakur10 Dec 2016 10:40 AM ISTPatients wait an average of four months before seeking a cancer diagnosis, researchers report at the ESMO ASIA 2016 Congress in Singapore. Some...
