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Inauguration of New HDR Brachytherapy System
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 10: Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital inaugurated a new High Dose Rate Brachytherapy system Flexitron, a robust and precise treatment delivery unit for cancer. Brachytherapy is a form of radiation therapy where a radioactive source is placed inside/near to t
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Study finds how to treat food allergy diseases in children
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have discovered a new treatment for chronic immune system disease that can prevent children from eating. Food allergies or airborne allergens cause eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, to accumulate in the lining of the oesophagus, causing eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE).
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Delhi: 61-yr-old swallows pill with aluminium blister foil, saved in rare
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Doctors at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have successfully removed an unusual but dangerous foreign body - a tablet with intact aluminium blister foil stuck in the food pipe (oesophagus), using an innovative endoscopic technique in an elderly man.
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Study reveals genetic change in esophageal mucous membrane lead to esophag
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Barrett oesophagus is a genetic mutation in the esophageal mucous membrane that can lead to esophageal cancer. If certain biomarkers, known as miDNA, which are extremely short DNA strands, are found in these tissue alterations, it could be an indication that this preliminary stage of esophag
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Researchers warn about rising cancer cases among adults under 50 years of
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Boston (Massachusetts) [US], September 7 (ANI): In recent decades, an increasing number of people under the age of 50 are developing cancer. According to a study undertaken by Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers, the incidence of early-onset malignancies (those detected before the age o
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Esophageal cancer develops in patients facing genetic changes: Study
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], May 01 (ANI): Genetic changes in Barrett's oesophagus (BE) cells are an indication of oesophageal cancer that can be detected many years before cancer develops as per a new study.
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Study identifies genetic changes in patients who develop esophageal cancer
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Seattle (Washington) [US], April 28 (ANI): According to a new study, genetic changes in Barrett's oesophagus (BE) cells signal oesophagal cancer that can be detected many years before cancer develops.
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Exercise might heighten impact of pre-surgical chemo in food pipe cancer p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 5 (ANI): A new research has found that prehab exercise might increase the impact of chemotherapy given to oesophagus cancer patients to shrink their tumours before surgery.
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Study finds exercise might increase impact of pre-surgical chemo in food p
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): A new study has found that prehab exercise may boost the impact of chemotherapy given to oesophagus cancer patients to shrink their tumours before surgery.
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Less chemotherapy effective for older patients with stomach cancer
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 16 (ANI): For older patients with advanced stomach or oesophageal cancer, less chemotherapy might prove to be more effective with fewer side effects like diarrhoea and lethargy, a new study has revealed.
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Taking too many vitamin supplements can lead to this unwanted side effect
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec 15 (ANI): Vitamin supplements can boost energy, lose weight, beat stress, improve performance, and reduce wrinkles, but taking too many of them could lead to an unwanted side effect.
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Rohtak horror: Victim's oesophagus missing, 'gnawing' seen
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], May 14 (ANI): The post-mortem report of the Rohtak gangrape victim states that the cause of her death was due to head injury as blunt force injuries and multiple wounds were found on her skull and scalp.
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