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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Late effects of treatment in survivors of childhood cancers: A single-centre experience
<p>With improved survival of childhood cancer patients, the number of longterm cancer survivors is increasing. Some studies have assessed the long-term morbidity after childhood cancer treatment in the
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Glyphosate toxicity and carcinogenicity: a review of the scientific basis of the European Union assessment and its differences with IARC
<p>Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide worldwide. It is a broad spectrum herbicide and its agricultural uses increased considerably after the development of glyphosate-resistant genetically modified
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Tobacco firms 'hamper anti-smoking push'
The tobacco industry is hampering efforts to introduce life-saving interventions in low and middle-income countries, according to a report by the World Health Organization. Countries covering two-thirds
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Rs1.8 crore state aid to tertiary care cancer centre
NAGPUR: The state government has started taking steps to develop Rashtrasant Tukadoji Regional Cancer Centre (RST) into a state-of-the-art Tertiary Care Cancer Centre (TCCC). The state public health
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Dual functionality nanobioconjugates targeting intracellular bacteria in cancer cells with enhanced antimicrobial activity
<p>Bacterial drug resistance has emerged as a serious global threat mandating the development of novel methodologies that allow facile modulation of antimicrobial action in a controlled fashion. Conjugating
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$37 bn investment needed to achieve global health targets: Study
An investment of USD 371 billion will be required to achieve key global health targets and prevent 97 million premature deaths in 67 countries, including India, by 2030, a study has said. An investment
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Ghana records 1,600 cancer cases in 2016
The quest for children with cancer in Ghana to seek lasting treatment from Ghana’s health service has suffered a major blow regarding government’s refusal to include treatment of this malady on the National
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Cervical cancer stem cells manifest radioresistance: Association with upregulated AP-1 activity
<p>Transcription factor AP-1 plays a central role in HPV-mediated cervical carcinogenesis. AP-1 has also been implicated in chemo-radio-resistance but the mechanism(s) remained unexplored. In the present
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Drug Prices of Chronic Disease Slashed by 46 % in Morocco
Rabat – Drugs prices for several common chronic disease medications have been reduced by 46 percent, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Health on Monday. Drugs to treat illnesses
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‘Cancer cases up by 30% from 2004 to 2011’
Nagpur: Cases of cancer in the city have risen by 30% from 2004 to 2011. The incidences are likely to increase by another 35.1% by 2020. This was revealed by oncologist Dr Bharat Vaswani from Yashoda Cancer