Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer: AUA Guideline savita thakur thakur30 April 2015 3:41 PM ISTAUA Guideline: In April 2015, AUA released guidelines Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. The major recommendations are as follows: Index...
Cancer treatment that minimises hair loss and skin damage savita thakur thakur22 Feb 2016 3:54 PM ISTScientists have designed a set of shape-shifting nanoparticles attached to strands of DNA that can deliver drugs directly to cancer cells, while...
Childhood cancer survivors face eye movement disorder savita thakur thakur22 Feb 2016 4:29 PM IST LONDON: Commonly used chemotherapy toxins can impair the childhood cancer survivors' eye motor skills -- the eyes' ability to follow moving objects,...
Novel immunotherapy may beat brain cancer savita thakur thakur3 March 2016 4:03 PM ISTLondon: Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have shown that a next-generation cell-based immunotherapy may offer new hope in the fight...
New Leukaemia treatment may replace Chemotherapy , Stem Cell Transplantation savita thakur thakur22 March 2016 11:03 AM ISTLondon: Two drugs used in the targeted treatment of leukaemia can significantly prolong the survival time of high-risk patients, researchers say,...
No Risk Association for Anthracycline Chemotherapy, Cognitive Decline supriya kashyap kashyap24 April 2016 1:47 PM ISTJAMA Oncology : New data analyses found no association between anthracycline chemotherapy and greater risk of cognitive decline in breast cancer...
Reversing Chemo Resistance in Ovarian Cancer Now Possible supriya kashyap kashyap24 May 2016 1:16 PM ISTImmune cells can help reverse chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer, according to a recent study.These University of Michigan findings suggest a...
After radiation, immunotherapy may be the next big thing in cancer treatment savita thakur thakur5 Jun 2016 10:25 PM ISTLeading cancer experts are beginning to talk about the possibility some patients will beat cancer diagnoses once considered death sentences, thanks to...
Adjuvant chemotherapy improves overall survival in patients with stage IB non-small cell lung cancer supriya kashyap kashyap14 Jun 2016 1:25 PM ISTDenver : The use of adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients improves overall survival (OS) and 5-year OS in...
Antibody-based drug may act as a bridge to cure blood cancer supriya kashyap kashyap19 Jun 2016 3:51 PM ISTNew Delhi : A randomised study of an anti-body based drug, inotuzumab ozogamicin, appears to be a promising ‘bridge treatment’ for patients suffering...
Guided chemotherapy missiles will only target cancer cells supriya kashyap kashyap20 Jun 2016 9:53 AM ISTA team of researchers has used an engineered protein to direct chemotherapy drugs to tumours, in the hope of creating "guided missiles" targeting only...
Osimertinib in lung cancer: added benefit not proven supriya kashyap kashyap22 Jun 2016 2:55 PM ISTOsimertinib has been approved since February 2016 for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor...
