Transforming India’s approach to cancer care
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
Cancer
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Go back to ancient ways to stop cancer
HYDERABAD: Alternative therapy for preventing cancer, including yoga and Ayurveda and other healing therapies were showcased at the Aarogya 2018 conference held in the city on Sunday. Speakers highlighted
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Pune: NGO to hold awareness programmes about retinoblastoma
The Iksha Foundation, a Bengaluru-based NGO supporting children with eye cancer, has stepped up programmes to spread awareness about retinoblastoma and ensure that the disease is detected in potential
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Rajasthan Royals, TATA trusts, SMS Medical college join hands for cancer screening awareness
In a unique initiative, SMS Medical college with TATA trusts brought Rajasthan Royals to spread awareness for cancer screening. The aim was to motivate people for screening so that cancer can be detected
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Cut dependence on China for cancer drug import: PIL
CHENNAI: Claiming that overwhelming dependence of drugs and raw materials from China, particularly those for cancer treatments, could prove harmful those for the health sector in India, a Chennai-based
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Tata Memorial, IIT-Bombay tie up for new cancer diagnostics
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), the city's two premier scientific hubs, will conduct joint research in the new sphere of proteogenomics to identify
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Change in food habits blamed for high esophageal cancer
Trichy: Some like it hot and spicy, but doctors warn that consuming very hot or too spicy food regularly could lead to cancer of the esophagus. Already, the change in food habits has caused an increase
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Evaluation of data on thyroid cancer in regions affected by the Chernobyl accident
The secretariat of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) released a White Paper evaluating thyroid cancer data in regions affected by the Chernobyl accident
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Kashmiri doctor’s path breaking prostate cancer diagnosis method has wider use
Hailing from Amrohi village in Karnahteshsil of district Kupwara, Prof Nabi’s achievement has bought to fore the “immense potential” Kashmiri scientists have. A Kashmiri doctor whose path breaking new
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Rise of cancer: Let focus be on prevention
For last forty-five years, the author as a doctor has watched the progress and development in medical science from close quarters. Diabetes and cancer stand out prominently among the ailments. Why?
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Demand cancer drugs that truly help patients
<p>Drug regulators and trial designs should assess benefits that actually matter to people with cancer, says Ajay Aggarwal.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.nature.com/magazine-assets/d41586-018-04154-9/d41586-018-04154-9.pdf"