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Ways to improve cancer literacy in young students
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 11 (ANI): According to a recent study implementing cancer education curricula in middle and high schools may improve cancer literacy in Kentuckians and ultimately help reduce cancer rates.
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Study focuses on new genetic drivers of cancer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 6 (ANI): A recent study has focused on genome analysis that can have critical implications for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients.
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Study reveals higher risk of early death in HPV-negative oropharynx cancer
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA) Jan 13 (ANI): A new research has found that there is a higher risk of early death among patients with HPV-negative oropharynx cancer than those whose tumors are HPV-positive.
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Researchers find quick, better radiation therapy for cancer patients
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): A new development in medical science will make it possible for cancer patients to undergo an entire course of radiation treatment in less than a second, rather than over several weeks.
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Scientists working towards delivering full course of radiation therapy in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Jan 9 (ANI): The days are near when cancer patients would go through the whole course of radiation treatment in less than a second, rather than receiving doses over many weeks.
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New AI model helps identify colorectal cancer, predict its severity
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new learning machine to classify patients with colorectal cancer and to help predict the extent and severity of the disease.
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Delhi: Cancer patient jumps in front of metro, saved after driver applies
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 3 (ANI): A 52-year-old man suffering from throat cancer jumped in front of an approaching train at Delhi's Jhilmil Metro Station on Friday but the driver applied brakes and saved his life.
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Tumor DNA platform helps in identifying colorectal cancer patients: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 2 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new machine learning platform for identifying patients having colorectal cancer.
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Scientists find Tuberculosis vaccine lowers rate of Alzheimer's disease in
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec 27 (ANI): Currently, Alzheimer's affects one-in-ten adults over the age of 65 -- a number that is expected to triple by 2030. The need to find a cure is great. In the backdrop of the following facts, researchers have developed a TB vaccine that lowers rates of Alzh
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Proton therapy for cancer significantly reduces risk of severe side effect
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Philadelphia [USA], Dec 27 (ANI): Proton therapy, as it turns out, has fewer side effects on cancer patients when compared to the traditional radiation treatment. While the cure rates of both the treatment methods are almost similar, radiation leads to much more frequent unplanned hospitalis
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High BMI may increase chances of survival for some cancer patients: Study
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Dec 27 (ANI): A new research suggests that a high Body Mass Index (BMI) which is usually linked to diseases like diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases may in some cases improve the chance of survival for cancer patients.
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Stomach cancer in patients below 60 much more lethal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Minnesota [USA], Dec 25 (ANI): A high proportion of stomach cancer patients who are below the age of 60 suffer from a specific and genetically unique form of the disease that spreads much more rapidly and is resistant to traditional chemotherapy, a new study has found.
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