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Ultrasound scan can detect prostate cancer: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers have found that a new type of ultrasound scan can detect most prostate cancer cases with good accuracy.
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Lifesaving intervention is not without risk in pediatric patients
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Recently published research found that blood transfusion is associated with adverse outcomes - including infection and higher rates of tumor recurrence - in pediatric solid tumor oncology patients following surgical removal of the tumor.
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Ultrasound scan can diagnose prostate cancer: Research
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers at Imperial College London, University College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust have found that a new type of ultrasound scan can diagnose most prostate cancer cases with good accuracy in a clinical trial involving 370 men.
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In a first-in-human trial, FLASH radiation therapy shows promise
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
San Antonio [US], October 24 (ANI): The first-in-human research on a small number of patients with bone cancer reveals that FLASH radiation therapy, which delivers therapeutic amounts of radiation in a fraction of a second, may hold promise as a potential treatment for difficult-to-kill mali
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Researchers working on reducing lung cancer medication resistance
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Missouri [US], October 20 (ANI): After 14 months, there is a 70-80 per cent risk that non-small cell lung cancer, one of the two primary types of lung cancer, would become resistant to the pharmacological therapy that was initially used to treat it. There aren't many existing therapy alterna
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Study finds drug resistance to fight lung cancer
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Columbia [US], October 20 (ANI): When a person is diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, one of the two primary types of lung cancer, there is a 70-80 per cent risk that cancer will acquire resistance to the initial medication therapy used to treat it after 14 months. If this occurs, the
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Research: Two medications reverse critical pancreatic cancer step in lab
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Florida [US], October 20 (ANI): Oftentimes, pancreatic cancer is a silent illness. It can spread to other organs and advance unchecked if there are no symptoms.
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Researchers discover why breast cancer cells defy treatment
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Texas [US], October 18 (ANI): The loss of ER expression in about one-fourth of recurrent oestrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer makes them immune to endocrine therapy and able to spread unchecked.
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Researchers reveal new strategy delivering immunotherapy medicines to trea
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Kingston [Jamaica], October 18 (ANI): Researchers have revealed a potential new strategy of administering immunotherapy medicines to treat cancer.
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Research: Colorectal cancer patients can benefit from timely surveillance
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 17 (ANI): According to new research presented at the Scientific Forum of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2022, colorectal cancer patients with certain clinical characteristics may benefit from more frequent chest imaging to help identify and
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Researchers uncover flaws in pancreatic cancer detection procedure
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Vienna [Austria], October 16 (ANI): Researchers discovered how pancreatic cancer tumours are being missed in CT and MRI scans, decreasing the window for life-saving curative surgery.
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Most women are unaware of signs of aggressive breast cancer: Research
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Ohio [US], October 15 (ANI): National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed in October, and according to a recent poll, most women are unaware of the odd signs of inflammatory breast cancer, a particularly lethal and severe type of the illness.
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