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Delhi: Tumor affecting multiple organs successfully removed at AIIMS
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
In a rare medical case of 49 year old Manpreet Kaur, who suffered from Granulosa cell tumour in her ovary successfully underwent surgery to remove her 9.2 kg tumor, lasting over 10 hours and losing over 1.5 litres of blood.
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"Doctors could not assure me if I would make a comeback...": Paralympian s
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Her journey to the Paralympics was not an easy one. The only player to have played both singles and women's doubles competition in Tokyo Paralympics 2021, Palak faced a major trouble as she was diagnosed with a bone tumour in her ankle. The damage was such that doctors could not even fully a
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Rare black brain tumour successfully operated and removed from 72-year-old
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The delicate and rare surgery was performed by a skilled team of neurosurgeons, ensuring the patient's recovery and well-being. The tumour, which presented unique challenges due to its rare nature and location, was carefully excised without causing any damage to surrounding brain tissues.
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Here is how cancer cells fend off starvation, death from chemotherapy, fin
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Laboratory experiments with cancer cells reveal two ways in which tumors evade drugs designed to starve and kill them, a new study shows. While chemotherapy successfully treats tumours and extends patients' lives, it is known that they do not work for everyone for long, since cancer cells re
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New antibody could be promising cancer treatment: Study
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers at Uppsala University and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have created an antibody that has the potential to treat a variety of cancers. Researchers were able to integrate three different functionalities in the antibody, which combined significantly increased the action of T ce
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Immune cell discovery provides new opportunity for cancer immunotherapy
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Researchers at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute discovered a new form of immune cell known as the stem-like CD4 T cell, which plays an important role in anti-tumor immunity. The pre-clinical findings, published in Nature, indicate the potential for activating these cells to combat
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Study finds how bacterial vaccine demonstrates potential as treatment for
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Columbia researchers developed probiotic bacteria that train the immune system to eliminate cancer cells, paving the way for a new class of cancer vaccinations that take advantage of bacteria's innate tumour-targeting abilities. These microbial cancer vaccines can be tailored to each person'
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Researchers discover that unique immune cells stop metastatic cancer
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The majority of cancer deaths are caused by metastatic disease, which occurs when cancer spreads from the primary tumour to other areas of the body. and researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary location to seed new tumours, it is unclear why some cancer cells produce new t
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Study finds how antidepressants have potential for treating brain tumours
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Glioblastoma is an extremely aggressive brain tumour that is currently incurable. Cancer doctors can increase their patients' life expectancy with surgeries, radiation, chemotherapy, or surgical procedures. Nonetheless, half of patients die within a year of diagnosis.
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MP: 21-year-old Parrot undergoes successful tumour surgery in Satna
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Around six months ago, the owner of the parrot came across a lump on the neck of the parrot which was gradually increasing and due to which the parrot was facing a lot of trouble. It was neither able to speak properly nor eat food.
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Study finds how cancer cells may be using lipids to hide from immune syste
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Cancer cells rarely begin stealthily. Quite the contrary, they alert the immune system to their presence by displaying chemical red flags on their membranes. When detected, the body's defences can swoop in and destroy renegade cells before they can do significant damage. Lipids, fatty molecu
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Study finds how cancer develops when immune system fails
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
It has been suggested that the immune system is unable to eradicate invasive tumour cells by referring to cancer as "a wound that does not heal."
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