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New cancer find paves way for better therapy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jul 6 (ANI): Cancer patients may soon have better therapy options, suggests a recent study.
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New drug may benefit blood cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 10 (ANI): A team of US researchers has found that a drug alone or with combination of chemotherapy may show promising results in treating patients with blood cancer.
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Gurdas Mann performs for Cancer patients on Baisakhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 18 (ANI): Well, magic was bound to happen as legendary singer Gurdas Maan recently performed live for a special show in Mumbai, to support the families & patients suffering from Pediatric Cancer.
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Vaccine-chemotherapy combo offers hope for deadly brain cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr 15 (ANI): A team of researchers may have just hit pay dirt with a new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of brain cancer-glioblastoma.
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Common cancer drugs may up chemo toxicity
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Apr. 5 (ANI): A new study has found that the common drugs widely used in cancer therapy, known to increase blood sugar, appeared to also up chemo-related cell damage in mice, raising possible risks for cancer patients taking similar drug combinations.
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Study finds common gene variants linked to gallbladder cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 6 (ANI): A recent study compared the genetic code of gallbladder cancer patients with those of healthy volunteers at about 700,000 different locations in the genome.
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Just 30 mins of walk can benefit cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 (ANI): Cancer patients can improve their quality of life with just 30 minutes of walking, suggests a study.
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Richfeel and Nargis Dutt Foundation come together to launch 'My Hair
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 6 (ANI): Richfeel, a Haircare brand, and Nargis Dutt Foundation announced the launch of their social cause campaign 'My Hair for Cancer' to help cancer patients fight cancer and loss of self-esteem due to loss of hair during chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Th
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Inflated cost of drugs leaving Cancer patient in lurch, says report
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 29 (ANI): A new study finds that cancer patients are losing out on easy access to drugs due to hike in prices of life-saving medication by more than 1,000 percent and delay in the availability of new treatments.
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Twice a day radiation therapy cuts down deaths from cancer
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan. 27 (ANI): A study suggests that treating head and neck cancer patients with twice-a-day radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy can prove beneficial and save more lives.
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Rushing into surgery can up death risk in some uterine cancer patients
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): For those diagnosed with uterine cancer, delaying surgery may not be a good idea, but for some, rushing into an under-the-knife session can be as detrimental, according to a recent study.
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Socially isolated cancer patients face higher recurrence, mortality rates
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Dec. 13 (ANI): A new study finds that more socially isolated breast cancer survivors are at higher rates of recurrence and mortality, than women with larger social networks experienced better outcomes.
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