Aggressive surgery is best treatment option for early stage lung cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 Dec 2017 7:00 PM ISTPatients with early-stage lung cancer live longer when they receive a lobectomy -- the most common type of operation for the disease -- rather than a...
12 Tips for lung cancer prevention Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Dec 2017 7:25 PM ISTRemember when your mom always told you “what you do now will catch up with you when you’re older?” She wasn’t lying. Lung cancer is a disease that...
Radiosurgery or whole-brain radiation in patients with multiple brain metastases? Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Dec 2017 7:20 PM ISTAlthough targeted therapies have produced dramatic advances in our ability to control some types of advanced lung cancer, the growth of the disease in...
Small-cell lung cancer patients face barriers to receiving standard-of-care treatment Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTDespite decades of clinical research establishing chemotherapy with thoracic radiation as the standard-of-care for the initial management of...
Cardiac Tamponade: Causes, Symptoms, Treatment Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 Jan 2018 7:30 PM ISTCardiac tamponade is a medical emergency in which blood or fluids fill the space between the sac that covers the heart and the heart muscle.This...
Risk-based lung cancer screening may save more lives than current USPSTF guidelines Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:01 PM ISTLung cancer screening based on individual risk has the potential to save more lives than current recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task...
New guideline on screening of lung cancer released Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli31 Jan 2018 7:02 PM ISTA New guideline and expert panel report on screening for lung cancer were recently released and were published online by CHEST on Jan. 25.The expert...
Physical Inactivity leads to higher risk of Lung, Head/Neck Cancers Anjali Nimesh Nimesh10 Feb 2018 7:05 PM ISTSedentary lifestyle has been associated with Hypertension, CAD, and T2 Diabetes Mellitus but now Dr.Kirsten Moysich Professor of Oncology at Roswell...
Oral cancer will account for 30% of all cancer deaths by 2020 Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 Feb 2018 7:25 PM ISTAccording to Dr Sujoy Mukherjee Consultant, CK Birla Hospital – CMRI, When taken in totality,frequency of oral cancer, head and neck cancer that...
More than 135,500 cancer cases can be prevented every year Anjali Nimesh Nimesh25 March 2018 7:15 PM ISTTobacco smoke caused around 32,200 cases of cancer in men (17.7% of all male cancer cases) and around 22,000 (12.4%) in women in 2015, according to...
Increased hsCRP an indicator for residual risk after MI Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli2 April 2018 7:31 PM ISTThe data in CANTOS supported the inflammatory hypothesis of atherothrombosis but it remains uncertain which patients benefit the most from...
Updated ASTRO guideline for palliative lung RT Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 April 2018 7:02 PM ISTThe American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued an update to its clinical guideline for the use of palliative-intent radiation...
