High tech scans could spare cancer patients from intensive chemotherapy supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTLondon : Researchers have found that high-tech scans can spare patients suffering from cancer of the lymphatic system of the serious side effects of...
Nice Guidelines on Diagnosis and Management of Myeloma 2016 supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jun 2016 4:15 PM ISTMyeloma is a type of cancer that develops from cells in the bone marrow called plasma cells. Bone marrow is the spongy tissue found inside the inner...
New, non-invasive method to wipe out cancerous tumors: study supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jun 2016 3:23 PM ISTMatthew Gdovin, an associate professor in the UTSA Department of Biology, has developed a newly patented method to kill cancer cells. His discovery,...
Global analysis finds unnecessary end-of-life treatment in hospitals is widespread supriya kashyap kashyap29 Jun 2016 12:58 PM ISTThe largest systematic review of the care of elderly patients hospitalised at the end of their life has found more than a third received invasive and...
This drug combo helps soft-tissue cancer survival savita thakur thakur22 July 2016 9:39 AM ISTAdding a novel monoclonal antibody therapy to traditional chemotherapy can help make people more likely to survive advanced sarcoma, a lethal...
China to perform world's first human genetic editing trial savita thakur thakur3 Aug 2016 3:26 PM ISTBEIJING: Chinese scientists will perform the world's first genetic editing trial on humans this month, in an attempt to find a cure for lung cancer.A...
Combo therapy against ovarian, breast cancer can overcome drug resistance supriya kashyap kashyap27 Sept 2016 1:13 PM ISTKolkata : Bolstering the know how behind targeted cancer treatment, Indian scientists have offered a new rationale for combination drug therapy for...
New drug can extend the life span of Melanoma patients supriya kashyap kashyap3 Oct 2016 12:12 PM ISTLondon : An advanced drug that utilizes a human made virus to treat later stage skin cancer, Melanoma has been approved for use.The novel medicine,...
Pembrolizumab new option for first line treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer and high PD-L1 expression supriya kashyap kashyap11 Oct 2016 12:50 PM ISTPembrolizumab is set to become a new option for first line treatment of patients with advanced lung cancer and high PD-L1 expression, according to the...
Nivolumab maintains function, reduces symptoms in treatment of relapsed metastatic head and neck cancer supriya kashyap kashyap10 Oct 2016 12:50 PM ISTNivolumab maintains function and reduces symptoms in treatment of relapsed metastatic head and neck cancer, according to results from the Check Mate...
Age at cancer diagnosis may affect the risk of death from heart disease: AHA Study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Nov 2016 12:00 PM ISTStudy Highlights The age at which a cancer survivor was diagnosed may help determine their risk of death from heart disease. For some types of...
Presurgical endocrine therapy less toxic than chemotherapy:Breast cancer supriya kashyap kashyap26 Nov 2016 4:27 AM ISTNeoadjuvant endocrine therapy designed to reduce the size of breast tumors before surgical removal appears to be as effective as neoadjuvant...
