FDA approves new treatment for certain digestive tract cancers Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 Jan 2018 8:15 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Lutathera (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) for the treatment of a type of cancer that affects the pancreas or...
Reconstructed adenoviruses found effective in cancer therapy Medical Dialogues Bureau5 Feb 2018 7:15 PM ISTUntil now the use of adenoviruses in tumor therapy has been very limited as they lack the ability to infect cancer cells.Therefore they cannot inject...
Combo of external beam & brachytherapy reduces prostate cancer metastasis : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh27 March 2018 7:15 PM ISTProstate cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed among men in the U.S and according to an estimate 161,000 men were diagnosed in 2017.There...
Keytruda Gains First Cervical Cancer Indication Vinay Singh singh15 Jun 2018 7:25 PM ISTThe Food and Drug Administration approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck and Co. Inc.) for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer with...
Case of Atypical thromboembolism due to cancer in pregnancy Hina Zahid25 Nov 2018 6:00 PM ISTA Case of Atypical thromboembolism due to cancer in pregnancy has been published in the Journal of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics.Peripartum...
New drug combination found more effective against melanoma Hina Zahid8 Dec 2018 7:15 PM ISTA class of cancer drugs called protein kinase inhibitors is one of the most effective treatments for melanoma. However, in many cases, tumors...
“Liquid Biopsy” Inexpensive blood test to spot early stage cancers Hina Zahid22 Jan 2019 7:20 PM ISTResearchers have identified inexpensive blood test to detect early-stage cancers .They have identified methylation patterns in cell-free DNA that are...
AIIMS doctors report rare case of cervical congenital infantile fibrosarcoma Hina Zahid1 March 2019 6:00 PM ISTDr Alisha Gupta at Department of Pediatric Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India and colleagues have reported a rare case...
Uridine diphosphate glucose found to dampen lung cancer metastasis Hina Zahid3 July 2019 7:05 PM ISTIn a study published online in Nature on June 26, research teams led by Dr. YANG Weiwei at the Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology of the...
New combination strategy may kill cancer cells better: study Hina Zahid16 Sept 2019 7:25 PM ISTIn their bid to tackle cancer, scientists have been trying out newer and innovative strategies. In a preliminary study, Indian scientists have...
New research targets metformin as breast cancer prescription: International Journal of Cancer Hina Zahid24 Sept 2019 7:15 PM ISTMetformin is a first-line treatment for type 2 diabetes and prediabetes. It is a cost-effective and popular and safe drug. Lately, Metformin has found...
Blood test can predict early lung cancer prognosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh1 Sept 2017 9:15 AM ISTCancer cells obtained from a blood test may be able to predict how early-stage lung cancer patients will fare, a team from the University of Michigan...
