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Why More Women Get Cancer in India -- But More Men Die
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 3: Cancer is a growing public health challenge in India, affecting millions of families every year. Recent data from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) reveal a notable paradox: women in India report a slightly higher incidence of cancer, ye
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TissueAI to Help India Fight Oral Cancer - Built and Launched by scanO AI
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14: On its 5th anniversary, scanO, a pioneer in AI-powered preventive oral care, has launched TissueAI, a breakthrough tool designed to help dentists detect early changes in oral soft tissues that could indicate pre-cancerous or cancerous conditions. This innovation
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Researchers discover that unique immune cells stop metastatic cancer
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The majority of cancer deaths are caused by metastatic disease, which occurs when cancer spreads from the primary tumour to other areas of the body. and researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary location to seed new tumours, it is unclear why some cancer cells produce new t
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WHO calls for accelerated action against hepatitis to address increasing l
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Despite being preventable and treatable, these chronic infections are increasingly causing serious illness and deaths from liver cancer, cirrhosis, and liver failure in the region
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Researchers reveals ways of preventing cancer cells from colonizing liver
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Nine times out of ten, metastasis is the cause of cancer deaths. This is the point when the primary tumour has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. Despite significant advancements in the treatment of primary tumours, medicine remains mainly powerless against met
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Cancer patients rising due to drinking arsenic-rich water in Bihar village
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and West Bengal are the four states which are receiving more than one lakh cancer cases annually. Cancer deaths are also highest in these states. In the year 2022, Bihar ranked fourth among the states of the country in terms of deaths.
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Researchers discover mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A novel mechanism that allows cancer cells to spread throughout the body has been discovered by an international team of researchers, offering a potential new target to halt metastasis, which is to blame for 90 per cent of cancer deaths.
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Cancer should be declared as notified disease, says Parliamentary panel
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has recommended that cancer be classified as a notifiable disease.
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Iconic pop star and 'Grease' actor Olivia Newton-John dies at 73
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): Four-time Grammy winner singer-songwriter and actor Olivia Newton-John, who starred in the beloved movie musical 'Grease', has passed away at the age of 73, after a battle with breast cancer.
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Genetic study of liver cancer reveals new drug target
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Drugs targeting the gene MAGEA3 may help block the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the country, new research found.
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Do you know - Excess weight can increase the risk of Cancer?
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI/Mediawire): The death trap Obesity is responsible for 20 per cent of cancer deaths in women and 14 per cent in men. The death rate increases 10 per cent for every 5 unit increase in BMI (Body Mass Index). 40 per cent of the cancers diagnosed since 2014 ar
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Study highlights possible causes of racial disparities in prostate cancer
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 8 (ANI): A new research provides insights on the potential causes of racial disparities in deaths following prostate cancer surgery.
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