Anti-cancer drug made more effective to reduce side effects savita thakur thakur11 Feb 2016 1:47 PM ISTResearchers have found a way to make an existing drug used to treat breast, lung and pancreatic cancers effective in small dosage, thereby reducing...
Foods with high glycemic index push up lung cancer risk- Study savita thakur thakur7 March 2016 4:54 PM ISTNew York: Consuming foods and beverages with a high glycemic index, such as white bread or bagels, corn flakes and puffed rice, is linked with an...
Drug combo controls tumour growth in aggressive lung cancer supriya kashyap kashyap16 March 2016 2:28 PM ISTA combination treatment consisting of the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin and an experimental targeted agent may shut down one of the most common...
Endobronchial ultrasound eases TB diagnosis supriya kashyap kashyap25 March 2016 9:16 AM ISTWith the government announcing eradication of tuberculosis by 2030, a doctor has said a new 'Endobronchial Ultrasound' medical process that was...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Scientists step closer to halting spread of lung cancer supriya kashyap kashyap28 Nov 2016 12:42 PM ISTScientists at the Universities of York and Texas have found that a component of cancer cells, which acts like a 'cellular post office', could be the...
Cancer cases up by 50% in less developed countries: Study savita thakur thakur9 Dec 2016 12:48 PM ISTNew York: While there has been a 33 per cent increase in the global cases of cancers between 2005 and 2015, the countries with the lowest development...
A New Strategy to Fight Prostate Cancer supriya kashyap kashyap1 Jan 2017 9:07 AM ISTA new study led by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) sheds light on a signaling circuit in cells that drives...
