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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No link between mobile radiation and cancer?
The preponderance of evidence shows that there is no link between cell phone radiation and cancer, said oncologist and renowned author Siddhartha Mukherjee, reports IANS. “I would have suggested to
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No link between mobile phone radiation and cancer, says Padma awardee doctor
Calls for revision of World Health Organization’s list of carcinogens, says not enough data to establish the link. India-born oncologist Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee on Monday urged World Health Organization
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Political parties ignore tobacco control issue
Guwahati, April 21: Even when around one million cancer cases are detected in India every year (majority of which are related to tobacco abuse), none of the political parties deemed it important to include
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Unethical’ clinical trial leaves 254 women dead
The death of 254 Indian women in the course of a 15-year US-funded clinical trial has triggered a raging debate about its ethicality. The trial was for a cervical cancer screening method and the women
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One-fifth of Chinese farmland is polluted
BEIJING: Faced with growing public anger about a poisonous environment, China's government released a years-long study that shows nearly one-fifth of the country's farmland is contaminated with toxic metals,
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Chinese court dismisses water pollution lawsuit
A Chinese court has rejected a lawsuit filed by five residents from a major northwestern city after authorities said a cancer-inducing chemical had been found in tapwater at 20 times above national safety
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U.S. healthcare usage and spending resumes rise in 2013 -report
Americans used more health services and spent more on prescription drugs in 2013, reversing a recent trend, though greater use of cheaper generic drugs helped control spending, according to a report issued
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Pesticides major reason for brain cancer in Valley: Kalam
Former President APJ Abdul Kalam today said an alarming number of brain cancer cases in the Valley are due to the use of toxic chemicals and pesticides in orchards. Kalam said gastric cancer and colon
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India is facing huge cancer crisis: Experts
India is facing a cancer crisis, with smoking, belated diagnosis and unequal access to treatment causing large-scale problems, experts have said. Every year in India, around one million new cancer cases
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1 million new cancer cases being diagnosed in India each year: Study
Latest estimates announced on Friday have revealed some worrying findings about the growing burden of cancer in India. The latest figures published in the British medical journal The Lancet show that around one million new cancer cases are being diagnosed in India each year, projected to nearly double to 1.7 million new cases in 2035.