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Scientists target foot, mouth disease virus to tackle pancreatic cancer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): A team of scientists are taking the help of the foot and mouth disease virus to tackle common cancer with the worst survival rate - pancreatic cancer.
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Deadly gene mutation leading to blood cancer identified by researchers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 2 (ANI): A recent study has linked a variety of blood cancers to a dangerous gene mutation that triggers a chain of biological events which hinders the pathway through which DNA sends instructions to the rest of a cell.
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Cervical cancer may become myth by end of this century: Study
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 1 (ANI): A couple of studies suggest that keeping in mind the progress of medical science, cervical cancer can cease to exist within the end of this century provided that women take a screening, meticulous HPV vaccination and treatment suggested by physicians.
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New study reveals patients suffer invasive treatments for harmless cancers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 26 (ANI): A recent study on Australians has found that more people are being diagnosed with cancers that will do them no harm if left undetected or untreated, however, they are being exposed to unnecessary surgeries and chemotherapy.
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Study reveals 95% satisfaction rate with Mohs surgery
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 11 (ANI): According to a recent study, patients who received Mohs surgery to treat the most serious form of skin cancer, melanoma, reported a 95 per cent long-term satisfaction rate with their results.
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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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Study suggests new application for already known anti-cancer drugs
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 5 (ANI): Researchers have been for many years trying to find a solution to reduce the harm to the body from cancer treatment. A recent study on the issue extended the area of application of already existing drugs and ensure patients' protection from relapse after t
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Reconstituting blood in humans to be boon for individuals suffering from b
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jan 1 (ANI): Finding out effective ways to reconstitute blood in humans will prove to be a boon for individuals suffering from ailments such as blood cancer and sickle-cell anaemia, say researchers.
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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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Researchers are now closer to cancer immunotherapy
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 15 (ANI): Researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute are a step closer to potential cancer immunotherapy involving switching off a regulatory cell to stop tumours growing and spreading.
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Researchers now a step closer to potential new cancer treatment
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Dec 12 (ANI): Researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute have discovered a potential new cancer immunotherapy target that involves switching off a regulatory cell to stop tumours growing and spreading.
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Cell therapy options at Guang-Li Biomedicine and Taipei Medical University
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan] Dec 2 (ANI/Digpu): The immunotherapy used by Guang-Li Biomedicine and Taipei Medical University Hospital brings new hope to the terminal patients of solid cancer.
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