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Unemployed brain or spine cancer patients experience more pain, depression
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A study found that patients with brain or spine cancer who are unemployed may experience more intense pain, discomfort, concern, and depressive symptoms than those with the same conditions who are employed.
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Study suggests radiotherapy not an option for older breast cancer patient
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In older patients with early breast cancer, radiotherapy does not seem to improve survival rates.
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Research: High-risk bladder patients can benefit from immunotherapy after
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According to clinical trial results, immunotherapy after surgery increased bladder cancer patients' chance of staying cancer-free compared to patients who received a placebo.
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Researchers reveal why cancer patients do not react to immunotherapy
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Cancer treatment has transformed thanks to immunotherapy. The five-year survival rate for advanced melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, has climbed from less than 10% to more than 50% since the development of immunotherapy in 2011. Sadly, immunotherapy only works on about half of mel
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Cancer patients who do not react to immunotherapy lack crucial immune cell
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Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients r
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Radiotherapy is not an option for older breast cancer patients: Research
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According to new research, Radiotherapy does not increase survival chances in older people with early breast cancer.
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AI detects breast cancer chemotherapy effectiveness: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Engineers at the University of Waterloo created artificial intelligence (AI) technology to predict whether chemotherapy before surgery would be beneficial for women with breast cancer.
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Study suggests new type of immunotherapy for ovarian cancer patients
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CAR T-cell therapy, a sort of cancer treatment in which the immune system's T cells are trained to attack tumour cells, was found to be effective in mice with ovarian cancer, according to a study.
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Pancreatic cancer rates rising faster in females than in males: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Center researchers confirmed in a large-scale nationwide survey that pancreatic cancer rates are growing and rising faster among younger women, than males of the same age. Their findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Gastroenterology.
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Methotrexate use is linked to an increased risk of skin cancer: Study
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a recent study from the University of Gothenburg, the immunosuppressive medicine methotrexate (MTX) has been linked to an increased risk of three forms of skin cancer. Patients using the medicine have moderate to severe psoriasis; nonetheless, a risk increase for basal cell carc
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Study: Artificial intelligence detect effectiveness of breast cancer chemo
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Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been developed by engineers at the University of Waterloo to determine whether chemotherapy before surgery would be beneficial for people with breast cancer.
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A Cancer Conclave organized to discuss various parameters of Cancer was or
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Cancer Conclave organized by Uhapo was held between oncologists, health and policy experts in order to discuss the evolution and advancement that cancer treatment has made. The virtual program began at 2:00 p.m. with an inaugural s
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