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Immunotherapy treatments are avoided by tumours by forming temporary struc
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): The findings of a recent study provide a novel theory as to how tumour cells avoid destruction by the immune system.
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Elekta and Karkinos Healthcare expand access to modern cancer care treatme
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Elekta announces that Karkinos Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider in India, will acquire more than ten linear accelerator (linac) systems to be strategically deployed across the country. The companies share the ambition to impr
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Pancreatic cancer linked to obesity may be fueled by stress granules
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 20 (ANI): Because it causes an ongoing inflammatory condition, obesity is known to increase the chance of developing at least 13 different forms of cancer. One scientist has questioned whether there is more to the story than simply inflammation for years.
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Researchers discover new mechanism that helps cells protect themselves fro
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Heidelberg [Germany], September 19 (ANI): When free radicals become uncontrollable and destroy the protective cell membrane in a chain reaction, a cell dies of ferroptosis. When healthy cells are subjected to oxidative stress, they are occasionally damaged. Cancer cells, in particular, are v
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Study finds new techniques to detect early signs of breast cancer
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): A group of researchers devised a two-pronged technique for measuring breast density in mice, resulting in improved detection of changes in breast tissue, including early symptoms of cancer. The researchers anticipate that this approach from mice will be u
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Smoking, lack of exercise linked to early death of people with type 2 diab
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 18 (ANI): According to a new study, people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who get cancer are more likely to die in the next seven years if they smoke or are physically inactive.
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Study reveals antibiotics might worsen melanoma by depleting the gut micro
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Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): According to a new study by researchers at Emory University in Atlanta, the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in mice with malignant melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, accelerated their metastatic bone growth. This likely happened because the dr
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Tata Memorial Centre, BALCO Medical Centre ink MoU to drive excellence in
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 17 (ANI): Tata Memorial Centre, an autonomous body under the administrative control of the Department of Atomic Energy, on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vedanta Medical Research Foundation's flagship initiative, BALCO Medical
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Research suggests incarceration linked to higher cancer mortality
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): A higher risk of cancer mortality has been found in incarcerated adults and among those diagnosed with cancer in the first year after release from prison, according to new research from Yale Cancer Center.
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It's misleading to say drugs dropped from NLEM due to side-effects like ca
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 17 (ANI): India on Tuesday dropped from the National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) antacid Ranitidine, Atenolol, Erythromycin and many more molecules, but this decision was not taken due to side effects or cancer concerns, a government official told ANI.
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Researchers discover new imaging information system may provide accurate p
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI): A novel imaging information system developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus may eventually provide a faster, more accurate prognosis for certain tumours.
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Seva Diwas: Massive response to Chandigarh Welfare Trust's Free Mega Multi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], September 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): "The Free Mega Multi-Specialty Health Check-up Camp being organised by Chandigarh Welfare Trust (CWT), along with the NID Foundation and Chandigarh University Gharuan on September 17 is garnering huge response from the citizens of Chand
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