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COVID-19 has made it difficult to manage cancer care, says Oncologist
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Amid the lockdown in the country, patients suffering from cancer are at a higher risk, the oncologist said that COVID-19 has made it difficult to manage the cancer care delivery system.
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Early referrals by general physicians may help cancer patients survive lon
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 21 (ANI): Early referrals by General Physicians (GP) are likely to increase the lifespan of cancer patients, suggests a new study conducted by the researchers of King's College London and National Institute for Health Research.
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Delhi: Cancer patients facing hardships as hospitals are busy dealing COVI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 21 (ANI): At a time when hospitals are busy dealing with the COVID-19 cases, cancer patients are facing immense hardships as their treatment and surgeries have been postponed. Further, adding to their woe, they have been advised to avoid non-essential visits to ho
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Post medical check-up, cancer patient not allowed to enter rented house in
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Balasore (Bhubaneswar) [India], April 17 (ANI): A cancer patient and his family members were allegedly not allowed to enter their rented house by the landlord in Sahadevkhunta area here as they had returned from Bhubaneswar after a medical check-up.
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Immunotherapy after chemotherapy slows progression of cancer in metastatic
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 12 (ANI): Treating metastatic bladder cancer patients with immunotherapy immediately after their chemotherapy significantly slows down the progression of cancer, suggests a study based on a clinical trial.
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AIIMS files status report in Delhi HC, assures treatment to HIV, cancer pa
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 11 (ANI): All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here has assured the Delhi High Court that treatment will be administered to an HIV positive woman, who had filed a petition claiming she was denied appropriate medical attention amid coronavirus lockdown.
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3 cancer patients tested positive for COVID-19 in DSCI
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): Three cancer patients have tested positive for coronavirus at the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI), hospital authorities said on Thursday.
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Delhi HC asks AIIMS to file status report on cancer patient's plea seeking
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has asked All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to file a status report on the plea of a woman, who is living with HIV, seeking to schedule a surgery for her at the earliest so that her cancer does not progress to the next stag
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Delhi State Cancer Institute shut after 18 healthcare workers test positiv
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 7 (ANI): The Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) has been shut down after 18 healthcare workers here were tested positive for COVID-19. Hospital authorities are making arrangements for 19 admitted cancer patients to shift them to another private hospital.
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'We are stranded': Cancer patients from other states say they are living o
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 29 (ANI): Cancer patients, who came from several states for treatment at Mumbai hospitals, are now stranded along with their relatives due to the lockdown imposed to contain COVID-19.
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Girl students in Coimbatore donate hair for cancer patients
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar 6 (ANI): In bid to help the cancer patients who have lost their hairs while undergoing treatment, as many as 80 girls of a private college in Coimbatore have donated a portion of their hair which will be used to make wigs for the cancer patients.
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Cancer patient gives birth from eggs matured, frozen in lab
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 19 (ANI): Fertility doctors in France have announced the birth of the first baby to be born to a cancer patient from an immature egg that was matured in the laboratory, frozen, then thawed and fertilised five years later.
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