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Cancer, its treatment may accelerate aging process in young patients: Stud
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): The expression of a gene associated with ageing is higher in young patients with cancer after treatment with chemotherapy and in young cancer survivors who are frail, according to a recent study.
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Study suggests COVID-19 treatment could lead to antimicrobial resistance
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 29 (ANI): A new study suggests that the use of antibiotics in people with COVID-19 could result in increased resistance to the drugs' benefits among the wider population.
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Cancer, its treatment may accelerate the aging process in young patients
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): A new study examines the effects of cancer and its treatment on the aging process and finds that the expression of a gene associated with aging is higher in young patients with cancer after treatment with chemotherapy and in young cancer survivors who are
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Health complications during COVID19: What precautions should be taken befo
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 17 (ANI/BusinessWire India): For many people with preexisting medical issues, staying at home isn't an option amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Patients in the middle of chemotherapy or need a liver transplant, or heart patients can't postpone their checkups
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Scientists find new drug candidate that kills aggressive breast cancer cel
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Arkansas [USA], July 25 (ANI): A new nano-drug candidate that kills triple-negative breast cancer cells has been found by the researchers of the University of Arkansas.
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Paras Hospital becomes first in Gurugram to perform PIPAC for advanced abd
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 12 (ANI): Paras Hospital in Gurugram became first in the city to perform Pressurised Intraperitoneal Aerosol Chemotherapy (PIPAC) on a patient who had run out of options after her ovarian cancer recurred for the third time.
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Popular chemotherapy drug likely to be less effective in overweight, obese
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], July 4 (ANI): Treatment with docetaxel, a common chemotherapy drug, might have lesser benefits for breast cancer patients who are overweight or obese, according to new research.
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Study reveals better option for treatment of inoperable anal cancer
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 28 (ANI): People with inoperable anal cancer treated with carboplatin-paclitaxel had fewer complications and lived longer than those who received another chemotherapy that has been more often administered, suggest the findings of a recent study.
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Study shows better option for treatment of inoperable anal cancer
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], June 25 (ANI): A new study has suggested that people with inoperable anal cancer treated with carboplatin-paclitaxel had fewer complications and lived longer than those who received another chemotherapy that has been more often administered.
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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promising results: Stu
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 21 (ANI): Patients with high-grade serious ovarian cancer (HGSOC) who were treated with the drug, berzosertib, and chemotherapy lived substantially longer before their disease began to worsen than did those treated with chemotherapy alone, according to a recent study.
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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clini
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Boston [USA], June 16 (ANI): In its first randomised clinical trial, investigators report a drug that targets a protein needed by cancer cells to maintain their dogged growth and division has shown considerable promise in combination with chemotherapy in patients with a common form of ovaria
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Over 7000 non Covid-19 patients assisted in Srinagar to avail free dialysi
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 3 (ANI): The District Administration in Srinagar has assisted over 7000 non-Covid health emergencies and ailment cases, with assistance ranging from free dialysis, transportation, drugs, medical check-ups, hospital assistance, chemotherapies and oth
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