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Study shows how BMI affects long-term outcomes of 'partial' knee arthropla
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Long-term outcomes for patients with higher BMI getting unicompartmental or "partial" knee replacements (UKR) are improved when the implant is put using a cementless rather than cemented technique, according to a study published in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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Study suggests radiotherapy not an option for older breast cancer patient
Updated : 3 years ago IST
In older patients with early breast cancer, radiotherapy does not seem to improve survival rates.
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Researchers reveal why cancer patients do not react to immunotherapy
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Cancer treatment has transformed thanks to immunotherapy. The five-year survival rate for advanced melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, has climbed from less than 10% to more than 50% since the development of immunotherapy in 2011. Sadly, immunotherapy only works on about half of mel
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Cancer patients who do not react to immunotherapy lack crucial immune cell
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients r
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Researchers have measured the survival rate of antihelium nuclei from dept
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
How are galaxies born, and what holds them together? Astronomers assume that dark matter plays an essential role. However, as yet it has not been possible to prove directly that dark matter exists. A research team including Technical University of Munich (TUM) scientists has now measured for
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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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Accurate pathogen detection in small blood samples could save lives: Study
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Accurate pathogen detection can now be conducted in small blood samples much faster than before. As per research conducted by the GOSH Institute, Sepsis patients could benefit greatly from this acceleration in pathogen detection.
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Appendiceal cancer gets its own preclinical model
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Appendiceal cancer (malignancies of the appendix, a small tissue pouch that is part of the gastrointestinal tract) is very rare, occurring in perhaps one or two people per 1 million per year. Prognoses are mixed, with a 5-year survival rate of 67 to 97 per cent for low-grade tumours detected
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Lung cancer screening helps to increase survival rate of cancer patients
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Researchers found lung cancer screenings useful to increase survival rate of cancer patients. Early-stage lung cancer is detected by low-dose computed tomography (CT) screening.
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Workout can lessen severity of breast cancer treatment side effects
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Breast cancer is the most common form of the disease among women; in Australia, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer by the age of 85. Radiotherapy has emerged as an important component of breast cancer treatment but can lead to cancer-related fatigue and negatively impac
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Tumour matrix profiling can predict some lung cancers' progression
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have identified molecular profiles of the surrounding matrix of a common type of lung cancer that might indicate which patients are likely to develop aggressive tumours.
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Study shows how turtles fared decade after oil spill
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Twelve years after an oil spill coated nearly 35 miles of the Kalamazoo River, new research confirms that turtles rehabilitated in the aftermath of the disaster had high long-term survival rates.
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