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Karnataka mulls to provide medicines for cancer treatment at concessional
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 24 (ANI): Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Monday that the government is mulling to set up a society to provide medicines for cancer treatment at concessional rates.
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Need for opioids in palliative cancer can be reduced by Vitamin D suppleme
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 9 (ANI): A randomized and placebo-controlled study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet showed that patients with vitamin D deficiency who received vitamin D supplements had a reduced need for pain relief and lower levels of fatigue in palliative cancer treatment.
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Study: Cancer treatment outcomes can be accessed by studying DNA tags
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 1 (ANI): Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers found that studying tags, or modifications to cell-free DNA (cfDNA), may lead to a better understanding of how to assess, and possibly modulate, treatment approaches for cancer and other diseases.
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Cancer treatment outcomes can be accessed by studying DNA tags
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center believe that studying tags, or modifications to cell-free DNA (cfDNA), might lead to a better understanding of how to assess, and possibly modulate, treatment approaches for cancer and other diseas
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NHRC directs Mizoram Chief Secretary to ensure cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recently directed the Mizoram Chief Secretary to complete the upgradation of Mizoram State Cancer Institute (MSCI) under the Tobacco Cessation Clinics (TCC) scheme project and work for a new 50-bedded cancer hos
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Southee puts WTC final shirt on auction to help fund 8-year-old girl's can
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], June 29 (ANI): New Zealand fast bowler Tim Southee is auctioning off his World Test Championship final shirt to help fund cancer treatment for 8-year-old Hollie Beattie.
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Genetic study of liver cancer reveals new drug target
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 25 (ANI): Drugs targeting the gene MAGEA3 may help block the growth of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of primary liver cancer and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the country, new research found.
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J-K: Srinagar hospital sets up toy library in paediatric cancer ward
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 18 (ANI): Offering respite from the stressful cancer treatment, Jammu and Kashmir's Sher-E-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences Srinagar (SKIMS) has set up a toy library for their paediatric oncology ward.
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Promising ovarian cancer treatment proves both effective, efficient
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): Preclinical trials of a new radiopharmaceutical to treat ovarian cancer have produced successful results, dramatically limiting tumour growth and decreasing tumour mass. Designed specifically for ovarian cancers that are resistant to traditional therapies, the
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Researchers develop tech to predict chemotherapy effectiveness
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Combining data from tumor biomarkers, ultrasound, and ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography (DOT) after a patient's first cycle of pre-surgical neoadjuvant chemotherapy provided a highly accurate prediction of how the tumor was responding to the treatmen
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Cancer treatments might lead to accelerated cellular aging: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): The findings of a new research suggests that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging, where changes in the DNA of patients may contribute to greater inflammation and fatigue.
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Researchers find new genetic target for blood cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Cambridge [England], April 30 (ANI): Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute found that a specific genetic mutation, which is linked with poor prognosis in blood cancer, is involved in the development of the disease when combined with other mutations in mice and human cell lines.
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