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AstraZeneca gets approval to import breast cancer treatment drug in India
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd., a science-led biopharmaceutical company, on Wednesday announced that it has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the cancer drug Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells can predict metastatic potential
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Cancer cells that commence metastasis, or the spread of the illness from its originating location, vary from cancer cells that remain in the original tumour. Differentiating metastasis-initiating cell types can help doctors identify the severity of malignancy and plan a treatment plan.
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Research reveals lymph node sampling during kidney tumor surgery is safe
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Surgery for children with kidney tumours has always been handled with extreme care. While there is a growing body of evidence that children who have extended lymph node sampling during surgery have better outcomes, some have questioned whether removing more lymph nodes as part of cancer stag
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Newly-developed censor can detect early signs of cancer, distinguish type
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
MIT engineers have designed a new nanoparticle sensor that could detect early diagnosis of cancer with a simple urine test. The sensors, which can diagnose many different cancerous proteins, could also be used to distinguish the type of a tumour or how it is responding to treatment.
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Study discovers how genetic mutations contribute to adult epilepsy
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
bout 1 in 26 people have epilepsy, and the most common type, temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), is frequently ineffectively treated with anti-seizure drugs. Neurosurgery may be necessary for patients with this type of epilepsy in order to stop their seizures. Uncertainty surrounds the causes and
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J-K making all-round progress following abrogation of Article 370
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Now there are 50 new degree colleges, offering a total of 25,000 seats, established in J-K; seven new medical colleges with 1,400 extra medical/paramedical seats have been made operational; also five new nursing colleges and one state cancer institute are coming up in the Union Territory, br
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Patients receive lymph node sampling during kidney surgery tumor don't exp
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A study has found pediatric patients who receive more extended lymph node sampling during surgery for Wilms tumor, and other types of pediatric renal tumors, do not experience any more post-surgical complications.
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Obesity linked to increased risk of complications after surgery: Study
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Overweight and obesity are not just complicated and dangerous disorders, but physicians and researchers are still learning how they affect health outcomes ranging from heart and musculoskeletal health to disease risk, including cancer.
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Researchers discover cause of heart damage from cancer drugs
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study led by UCL (University College London) experts has discovered the likely cause of several cancer therapies causing heart damage.
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Researchers find impact of environment on neurocognitive outcomes
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researched the effect of their environment to acquire a better grasp of the disparities between juvenile cancer patients when it comes to the effects of radiation therapy on cognition. Their research found that children who grew up in suppo
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Researchers reveal how use of spinal cord stimulation for chemotherapy-rel
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A recent study suggested that spinal cord stimulation (SCS) may be effective in lowering chronic pain in persons receiving active therapy with a standard anti-cancer medicine, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
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Bariatric surgery might cut risk of obesity-related cancers: Study
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to a study to be presented at Digestive Disease Week (DDW) 2023, just 4% of patients with obesity who underwent bariatric surgery developed obesity-associated cancer in a 10-year follow-up, compared to 8.9% of those who did not have a weight-loss treatment.
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