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Cancer Institute founder V Shanta passes away in Chennai
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 19 (ANI): Senior oncologist and chairperson of the Adyar Cancer Institute Dr V Shanta passed away in the early hours on Tuesday morning. She was 93.
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Merck Foundation provided oncology specialty training for more than 80 new
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Dakar [Senegal]/Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 7 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany in partnership with African First Ladies and Ministries of Health, continue to provide one, two- and three-year Oncology Fellowship and Master degree fo
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COVID-19 has made it difficult to manage cancer care, says Oncologist
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 28 (ANI): Amid the lockdown in the country, patients suffering from cancer are at a higher risk, the oncologist said that COVID-19 has made it difficult to manage the cancer care delivery system.
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Injecting cytokines to reactivate immune system could be useful in treatin
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Mar 27 (ANI): Oncologist Dr. Vishal Rao, HCG Hospital Bengaluru on Friday said that human body cells release interferon chemical to kill viruses but it cannot be released by cells in the case of COVID-19 cases, leading to weak immune system. However, a therapy
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Researchers study role of mutation in blood cancers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 8 (ANI): A team of researchers, biologists, oncologists discovered a new genetic mutation that disrupts how DNA sends messages to the rest of a cell which has been linked to a large number of blood cancers.
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Merck Foundation underscores their commitment to increase the limited numb
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]/Nairobi [Kenya] Feb 4 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks 'World Cancer Day 2020' themed 'I am and I will' by their Cancer Access Program to build cancer care capacity to increase limited number of oncolog
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Study reveals role of mutation in blood cancers
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 3 (ANI): A team of researchers -- including biologists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and an oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) -- has discovered how a mutation triggers a chain of biological events that lead to most leukaemias.
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Failure of system if progress in Science doesn't reach common man: Padma S
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Silchar (Assam) [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Oncologist Dr Ravi Kannan, who runs Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Silchar that caters to people from all socio-economic backgrounds, has been conferred with Padma Shri award this year in the category of medicine.
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Renowned medical oncologist Dr (Col) R Ranga Rao, VSM joins as Chairman, P
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], Dec 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): Dr (Col) R Ranga Rao, VSM, one of the top medical oncologists with speciality in lung, breast, ovarian, cervical cancer, has joined the Paras Hospitals, Gurugram as the Chairman, Paras Cancer Centre, with effect from December 9, 2019.
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AI to determine whether immunotherapy is working
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Nov 24 (ANI): Researchers working on Artificial Intelligence has hit another milestone as they have found a way to predict if a lung-cancer patient can be benefitted from expensive immunotherapy.
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Merck Foundation partners with National Cancer Institute and Ministry of H
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] September 05 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Merck Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany, conducted a special meeting with Ministry of Higher Education, Egypt; National Cancer Institute, Cairo and African Ambassadors of Guinea Conakry, Ghana, Kenya, S
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Many pancreatic cancer patients don't receive treatment that may extend su
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 27 (ANI): One-third of patients with pancreatic cancer do not see a medical oncologist, and more than that they do not receive cancer-directed treatment, found new research.
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