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Reduce GST on drugs, make available indigenous vaccines for affordable can
Updated : 2 days, 13 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Parliamentary panel on Tuesday suggested a reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) for drugs and making available indigenous vaccines for affordable treatment of Cancer patients in the country, sources said.
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Don't prematurely jump to conclusion that we have found cure for all cance
Updated : 2 weeks, 4 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Days after rectal cancer vanished without the need for the conventional therapies in patients who received immunotherapy during a clinical trial, Paras Hospitals, Gurugram, Oncology Chairman Dr. (Col.) R. Ranga Rao on Saturday said that it is not right to pr
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Findings about new cancer drug very encouraging, need for long-term studie
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): The findings concerning dostarlimab, an antibody drug, in experimental treatment of rectal cancer patients is very encouraging but there is need for long-term studies to understand the real impact, an expert in cancer treatment has said.
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Cancer increases risk of developing diabetes: Study
Updated : 3 weeks, 3 days ago IST
Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): A new study has found that cancer patients are at a greater risk for developing diabetes.
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Circulating tumor DNA can identify stage II colon cancer patients : Resear
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Washington [US], June 5 (ANI): Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) thats is a genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream can identify stage II colon cancer patients who can most benefit from chemotherapy following surgery and spare other patients the need for this form of treatment, ac
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Cardiovascular disease risk for older breast cancer survivors may be lower
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Washington [US], June 4 (ANI): Older breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food consumption to eight hours during the workday, followed by 16 hours of fasting, had a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after a few weeks, according to a new stu
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Research finds cancer increases risk of developing diabetes
Updated : 3 weeks, 5 days ago IST
Washington [US], June 3 (ANI): Cancer patients are at a greater risk for developing diabetes, according to a new study by the Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, Rigshospitalet, and the University of Copenhagen.
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Research reveals ultrasound-guided microbubbles boost immunotherapy effica
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Houston [US], May 30 (ANI): According to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, researchers have developed an ultrasound-guided cancer immunotherapy platform that promotes systemic antitumor immunity and increases immune checkpoint blockade therapeutic efficacy.
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Apart from Haryana, Atal Cancer Care Centre to benefit patients from neigh
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Ambala (Haryana) [India], May 9 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Monday, after inaugurating the Atal Cancer Care Centre in Haryana's Ambala Cantonment said that the hospital will not only benefit the cancer patients from the state but also those from neighbo
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Bone fractures in cancer patients can be predicted using AI: Research
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Washington [US], May 6 (ANI): A new study suggests how scientists can use artificial intelligence to predict how cancer may affect the probability of fractures along the spinal column.
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Study finds patients with metastatic prostate cancer live notably longer
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Salt Lake City (Utah) [US], May 3 (ANI): Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network have significantly extended median survival for patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. This result comes from a large randomized clinical trial aimed at testing a new treatment for the
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Rare skin cancer patients face 40 pc recurrence rate: Study
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Seattle (Washington) [US], April 30 (ANI): A new study at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine said that patients treated for Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC) face a 40 per cent of recurrence rate in five years. This is significantly higher than the recurrence rate of melanoma and othe
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