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Drug treatment could improve immunotherapy's effectiveness in cancer patie
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
California [USA], July 9 (ANI): While immunotherapy, a treatment that uses the human body's immune system to recognize, attack and kill tumour cells, has given hope to people across the globe, it fails in a significant proportion of cancer patients.
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New study suggests promising strategy to treat brain cancer patients
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 5 (ANI): In breakthrough discovery with respect to the most common brain tumours diagnosed in younger adults aged 18 to 45 years, a team of investigators have uncovered a potentially promising strategy to target brain tumours -- isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) gene
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Study suggests MRI scan used for heart disease can detect aggressive cance
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 4 (ANI): A recent study suggests that a type of smart MRI scan used in people with heart disease could help assess whether children's cancers are especially aggressive and spot early signs that targeted treatments are working.
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Researchers discover new strategy to treat brain cancer patients
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 1 (ANI): A team of investigators has uncovered a potentially promising strategy to target brain tumours -- isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) genes, which are the most common brain tumours diagnosed in younger adults aged 18 to 45 years.
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White male tiger dies due to neoplastic tumour in lower jaw at Hyderabad's
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 26 (ANI): A white male tiger aged about eight years of age, which was suffering from a neoplastic tumour in the right side of the lower jaw, passed away on Thursday at Nehru Zoological Park here.
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Extensive oral cancer patient gets cured at SRMKDC
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kattankulathur (Tamil Nadu) [India] June 18 (ANI/NewsVoir): It was a moment worth remembering for SRM Oral Cancer Centre at SRM Kattankulathur Dental College and Hospital (SRMKDC) when it successfully treated a 53-year-old male patient affected with an advanced case of oral cancer.
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Researchers find loss of lipid-regulating gene fuels prostate cancer sprea
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Baltimore (Maryland) [USA], June 17 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have identified a lipid-regulating protein that conveys what they describe as "superpowers" onto prostate cancer cells, causing them to aggressively spread.
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'Scrubs' actor Sam Lloyd dead at 56
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 2 (ANI): American character actor Sam Lloyd - best known for portraying lawyer Ted Buckland on the sitcom 'Scrubs' -has died, confirmed his agent on Friday (local time). He was 56. The statement did not indicate when he died.
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Researchers find schizophrenia drug combined with radiation shows promise
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 2 (ANI): A recent study has suggested that adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with glioblastoma, one of the deadliest and most difficult-to-treat brain tumours.
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Dominic Matteo recovers from brain tumour
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): Former Liverpool player Dominic Matteo on Thursday revealed that he has fully recovered from a brain tumour.
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Optical imaging technology may help better treat cancer, brain diseases: S
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 10 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a new tool for medical professionals that may help shed more light on tumours in the body and how the brain operates.
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Researchers develop 'SmartBra' for early cancer detection
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Lausanne [Switzerland], April 3 (ANI): Early detection of cancer is imperative to its successful treatment and researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a novel technology to help detect the tumour at its earliest stages.
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