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'Mod Squad' actor Clarence Williams III dies at 81
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 7 (ANI): Actor Clarence Williams III, widely known for the crime drama series 'The Mod Squad' and comedy film 'Half Baked', has passed away at the age of 81 due to colon cancer.
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Former bureaucrat and ex Director General of Indian Jute Mills Association
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 7 (ANI/PRNewswire): Subhakirti Majumdar, ex-principal Secretary, Government of Bihar, and former Director-General, Indian Jute Mills Association, passed away on Sunday, 06 June 2021 after battling cancer for almost two years.
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Sonali Bendre shares lessons from her battle with cancer
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 6 (ANI) Actor Sonali Bendre on Sunday recalled how her battle with cancer has made her strong.
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DBT-NII receives Trademark for India's first indigenous tumour antigen SPA
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India's first indigenous tumour antigen, SPAG9 discovered by Dr Anil Suri, head of Cancer Research Program at Delhi based National Institute of Immunology (NII), an Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), in 1998 has received the trademark
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Former India hockey player Usman Khan passes away
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Hockey India on Friday mourned the demise of 76-year-old former India International Usman Khan, who passed away in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh after a prolonged battle against cancer.
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Immunotherapy after bladder cancer surgery may reduce recurrence, study sh
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Researchers at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) found that patients who received nivolumab after bladder cancer surgery reduced their overall risk for high-grade bladder cancer recurrence. This research was published in the journal New England J
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Researchers develop tech to predict chemotherapy effectiveness
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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BMI may not be best obesity indicator to assess risk for lung cancer: Stud
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): The method used to calculate how obesity is measured may affect whether it is considered a risk factor for lung cancer, suggest the findings of new research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO).
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Study: Childhood cancer discovery may stop tumour spread before it starts
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], June 1 (ANI): In breakthrough research, a new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumour site.
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Discovery gives hope of detecting, preventing prostate cancer spread
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 1 (ANI): New research by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and The University of Queensland has revealed how lowering cholesterol could potentially prevent or help stop the spread of prostate cancer.
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Delaying lung cancer surgery associated with higher risk of recurrence, de
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A study by researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that delaying lung cancer surgery for more than 12 weeks from the date of diagnosis with a CT scan is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and death.
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Piperlongumine promotes death of retinoblastoma cancer cells: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A new study in the Impact Journals LLC found that Piperlongumine (PL), an amide alkaloid constituent of the fruit of the long pepper, reduces tumour growth and induces cell death by regulating the cell cycle.
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