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New keys found for unlocking head, neck cancer treatment
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brisbane [Australia], July 28 (ANI): Queensland scientists say the discovery of new cellular immunotherapy that targets a deadly type of head and neck cancer, caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), could lead to better survival rates.
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Covid-19 infected elderly patients on ventilators have low survival rates:
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 21 (ANI): Most people in their advance age, especially among those who are infected by the novel coronavirus and are suffering from some underlying disease such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and obesity, have lower rates of survival, even if they are put
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Blood thinners may boost survival rates of COVID-infected patients, says s
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): Treating coronavirus patients with blood thinners may help in boosting their prospects for survival, according to preliminary findings from physicians at New York City's largest hospital system that offers another source of hope in treating the deadly infect
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Growth hormone assists with liver regeneration post-surgery, says study
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], May 6 (ANI): While growth hormone has been identified as playing a key role in reducing inflammation and increasing survival rates following liver surgery, researchers investigated how the body's growth hormone assists with liver regeneration in a study using mice.
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Foot and mouth disease virus to help treat pancreatic cancer
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 16 (ANI): The dreaded pancreatic cancer has the lowest survival rates among all types of cancers. However, a group of scientists are using the foot and mouth disease virus to find a cure for this often lethal condition.
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Scientists target foot, mouth disease virus to tackle pancreatic cancer
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 12 (ANI): A team of scientists are taking the help of the foot and mouth disease virus to tackle common cancer with the worst survival rate - pancreatic cancer.
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Scientists identify unique pathway for treating deadly brain cancer in kid
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 24 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new pathway that can attack and improve survival rate in an incurable type of brain cancer among children.
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Liver transplant survival rate improving among older adults, finds researc
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA] Oct 23 (ANI): Researchers have recently reported successful liver transplants in older adults, even in people who are in their 80's.
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People die more on weekends
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Jan 23. (ANI): Turns out, patients are more likely to die during off-hours or on weekends - whether due to a brain bleed, a heart attack or a blood clot in the lungs. Doctors call it the "weekend effect".
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Heart's pumping function not an indicator of heart failure survival rates
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], November 13 (ANI): Myth busted! Heart's pumping function is not an indicator of heart failure survival rates, a recent study has suggested.
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Let breast cancer not destroy your dream of motherhood
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): Breast cancer has become significantly prevalent among many young women in the country today, as the detection rates are going up due to robust treatment. At the same time with improvement in cancer management, the survival rates are also on the rise.
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Heart failure linked with worse survival than common cancers: Study
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 4 (ANI): Despite advancement in the treatment of heart failure, a new analysis finds men and women with a diagnosis of it, continue to have worse survival rates than patients with certain common cancers.
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