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Princess Kate Middleton reveals she has cancer, requests privacy
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Princess of Wales Kate Middleton has revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
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Study reveals how innovative chemotherapy approach works against lung canc
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Lung cancer is not the most frequent type of cancer, but it is by far the most deadly. Despite therapies such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all persons with the disease will live more than five years following diagnosis, and the World Health Organiz
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Research suggests dying cancer cells release cell-free chromatin particles
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Tata Memorial Centre research suggests that dying cancer cells release cell-free chromatin particles after chemotherapy and radiotherapy that can turn healthy cells into cancerous ones, an official statement from the Department of Atomic Energy said on Monday.
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Modifying chemotherapy treatment can improve lives of older people with ca
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Standard chemotherapy regimens, which are primarily based on testing in relatively young and healthy patients, may be more harmful to older persons with cancer, who frequently battle with other health conditions.
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A Cancer Conclave-24 Focuses on Advocacy for Patients, Caregivers, and Res
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 15: The Cancer Conclave-24 organized by Uhapo was held amongst oncologists, health and policy experts, industry and platforms representing cancer patients in order to discuss the need of advocacy for bridging the care gap in Cancer (Also the theme fo
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Scientists reveal why one type of chemotherapy works best in bladder cance
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to a study published in Cell Reports Medicine in January, researchers at Tisch Cancer Institute showed that a certain form of chemotherapy boosts the immune system's ability to fight bladder cancer, especially when paired with immunotherapy.
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Immunotherapy eliminates senescent cells, making chemotherapy more efficie
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Apart from eliminating a significant portion of the tumour cells, cancer therapies such as chemotherapy also produce senescent tumour cells, which are also referred to as "zombi cells." Senescent cells do not proliferate, but regrettably, they create an atmosphere that is conducive to the gr
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Protein discovery may help solve prostate cancer medicine resistance: Rese
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Researchers discovered that a receptor protein called CHRM1 plays an important role in prostate cancer cells' resistance to docetaxel, a routinely used chemotherapeutic treatment to treat advanced cancer that has progressed beyond the prostate.
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Combining anti-tumor medicine with chemo may boost children's cancer outco
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
A recent study indicated that children who develop neuroblastomas, a rare type of cancer that starts in nerve cells, may benefit from getting particular anti-tumor medications in addition to chemotherapy
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Here is why chemotherapy becomes less effective, finds study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to two research from UCL and Yale, chemotherapy becomes less effective when healthy cells encourage cancer cells to grow more slowly.
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Do you know presence of healthy cells enables cancer to resist treatment?
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Chemotherapy becomes less effective as healthy cells encourage cancer cells to grow more slowly, according to two studies from UCL and Yale.
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Research reveals why presence of healthy cells enables cancer to resist tr
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
According to two studies from UCL and Yale, chemotherapy becomes less effective because healthy cells push cancer cells to grow more slowly.
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