Rare surgery to save 16 year-old Iraqi boy from amputation Ruby khatun khatun21 Jan 2018 7:27 PM ISTBengaluru: Doctors at Columbia Asia Hospital, Hebbal performed a lifesaving surgery on a 16-year-old boy from Iraq, Abdul (name Changed) who was...
Combining Ultrasound & alpha fetoprotein level improve liver cancer detection by 40 Percent Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Feb 2018 7:10 PM ISTIt is well known that Liver Cancer is on the rise and the fastest increasing solid-tumor cancer in the U.S. and earlier detection is important to...
Liver cancer resulting from alcohol consumption has worse prognosis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh28 March 2018 7:15 PM ISTLiver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with hepatitis B and C infections being the main causes. Due to...
USPSTF Recommendation Statement for screening Thyroid Cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli7 April 2018 7:05 PM ISTIn 2013, the incidence rate of thyroid cancer in the United States was 15.3 cases per 100,000 persons, which is a significant increase from 1975, when...
Novel personalized tumor vaccine shows promise in ovarian cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli12 April 2018 7:05 PM ISTDr Alexandre Harari, at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and colleagues have found that a new type of cancer vaccine has yielded promising...
132-pound tumor removed from woman’s abdomen in Connecticut Anjali Nimesh Nimesh4 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTDoctors at a Connecticut hospital say they removed a 132-pound tumor from a woman’s abdomen, and she is expected to recover fully.The ovarian tumor...
Penn Doctors perform first-in-world Robot-assisted Spinal Surgery Anjali Nimesh Nimesh5 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTNoah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo a complex three-part, robotic-assisted...
Retinoblastoma: Curable cancer in children Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTWorldwide, every May, the week after the second Sunday is celebrated as “World Retinoblastoma Awareness Week”. The entire week is dedicated to...
Cancer Prevention -A new challenge Anjali Nimesh Nimesh18 May 2018 7:01 PM ISTCANCER is the 2nd leading cause of death, a heart attack being the first one and Cancer prevention is, therefore, a new challenge. Lung cancer...
Indian doctors remove a large tumor through robotic surgery in a 14-year-old child Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 May 2018 7:02 PM ISTIn what is touted to be first of its kind case in India, the doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, removed a tennis ball sized tumor...
Doctors remove 10 Kg and 2-foot-long tumor from patient's abdomen Medha Baranwal Baranwal11 Jun 2018 7:13 PM ISTNew Delhi, India: In an intriguing case, the doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital gave a new lease of life to a patient after they successfully managed...
A Case of Swinging Heart Hina Zahid14 July 2018 6:00 PM ISTDr.John R. Kapoor at Stanford University, Stanford, CA has reported a case of swinging heart -Electrical alternans due to the pendular motion of the...
