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Study reveals four-drug chemotherapy regimens treat metastatic pancreas c
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
In the Phase 3 clinical trial for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, a four-drug chemotherapy treatment led to a longer overall survival than a two-drug combination.
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Trial finds chemotherapy before surgery cuts risk of colon cancer relapse
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
According to the results of a Cancer Research UK-funded clinical trial, giving colon cancer patients chemotherapy before surgery cuts their risk of the disease coming back.
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Tumor initiation in pancreatic cancer driven by stress-tolerant cells: Stu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A molecular mechanism important for the development of pancreatic cancers has been found by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The mechanism could possibly contribute to the disease's great resistance to treatment and proclivity for metastasis.
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Study finds liver cancer, potential target circadian clock proteins inside
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is already the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide--and cases are on the rise in both the United States and around the world. While chemotherapy, surgery, and liver transplants can benefit some patients,
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Study shows how liver cancer hijacks circadian clock machinery inside cell
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The most common type of liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), is already the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths globally--and cases are on the rise, both in the U.S. and worldwide. While chemotherapy, surgery and liver transplants can help some patients, targeted treatments
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Delaying antibiotics for neutropenic fever may not affect survival of canc
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Neutropenia--low levels of white blood cells called neutrophils, which fight infection--develops in more than 80 per cent of patients who receive chemotherapy for blood cancer. It occurs because chemotherapy destroys neutrophils along with tumour cells.
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Kauvery Hospital gives a New Lease of Life for a 6-Year-Old Girl Affected
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): Kauvery Hospital Chennai, a unit of Kauvery Group of Hospitals, a leading multispecialty healthcare chain in Tamil Nadu, successfully performed procedure to remove a malignant tumour in the kidney of a 6-year-old girl. The child prese
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Art of Healing Cancer launches High Dose Intravenous Vitamin C IVC Treatme
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], December 27 (ANI/BusinessWire India): India is now facing a significant burden from the rising cancer incidence rate, which is continually climbing. According to estimates, India will record 19 to 20 lakh cancer cases by the end of 2022, although the actual incide
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Post-chemotherapy, Jane Fonda's cancer is speedily receding
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Jane Fonda recently admitted that her cancer is in remission after her chemotherapy sessions, and that she can soon discontinue them.
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Pancreatic cancer patients can increase survival rates by opting for chemo
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
A randomised clinical trial has found that treating pancreatic cancer patients with chemotherapy before surgery significantly improved 1-year survival rates compared to immediate surgery.
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Research: Extending chemo slashes risk of aggressive childhood leukaemia c
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After two years of chemotherapy treatment, nine out of ten children are cured. But some children have a more aggressive form of the disease. For example, children with a so-called Ikaros change in the DNA of their leukaemia cells have a greater risk of their disease coming back after treatme
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Study suggests chemotherapy could increase disease susceptibility in futur
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington State University-led research indicates that a common chemotherapy drug could carry a toxic inheritance for children and grandchildren of adolescent cancer survivors.
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