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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In India, 10 lakh new cases of cancer detected every year
The centres will be in addition to the 31 centres already functioning and upgraded since 2014-15, when the government floated the scheme. The health ministry has drawn a detailed project plan which
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Cancer patients need better care, not just more technology
Treating cancer with the latest drugs and techniques is costly and will not improve survival globally.
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Targeting tumours
There are few whose lives have not been touched by cancer. It cuts down friends, loved ones, siblings, spouses, parents and children. And it does so more than it used to. A generation ago, one in three
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New pen-like device can detect cancer in just 10 seconds- and it could be in hospitals by 2018
A new device can detect whether or not a tumor is cancerous in just 10 seconds - and should be in operating rooms as soon as 2018. The cancer 'pen', called the MasSpec Pen, was designed by researchers
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NCC clarifies stance, says mobile phones don’t cause cancer
The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, on Tuesday said it never claimed that mobile phones cause cancer. In a statement released Tuesday, the agency said it never issued any statement or made
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ICMR Report From January onwards, 1,335 cancer cases reported in Chandigarh
Rajya Sabha MP Shamsher Singh Dullo had asked several questions, including if “it is a fact that the number of cancer patients is on the rise in the country, particularly in the states of Punjab and Haryana.
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Exposure to chemicals used in jeans dyeing units can affect human health, says government
The government on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the exposure to chemicals used in textile dyeing units can affect human health and the civic authorities would take action against any such industries
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Dyeing industry: Two months on, CBI files case in cancer colony row
Nearly two and a half months after Times of India reported that two persons had died in North east Delhi's Shiv Vihar area as the unauthorised jeans dyeing industry+ in the residential area was polluting
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Street food served on printed paper is cancerous
VIJAYAWADA: Think twice before consuming food in printed papers served by street vendors and small hotels as there is a higher risk of contracting cancers at an early age. Though the Food Safety and Standards
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Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Cancer Patients, 01/08/2017
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Rise in Cancer Patients, 01/08/2017. As per Indian Council of Medical Research’s Cancer registry data, there has been an increase in estimated incidence of cancer in the