Less skin toxicity in big-breasted women treated for breast cancer by radiotherapy in prone position Isra Zaman30 May 2022 9:30 AM ISTTreatment in the prone position decreases desquamation in women with large breast sizes receiving adjuvant radiotherapy, according to the recent...
New combined therapy helps extend lives of men with prostate cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli29 May 2022 7:30 PM ISTPractice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy-a commonly used hormone injection-plus...
HAIP floxuridine chemotherapy has similar survival vs surgery in multifocal iCCA: JAMA Medha Baranwal28 May 2022 8:45 AM ISTUSA: In patients with multifocal intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA), the researchers found similar overall survival (OS) with a hepatic arterial...
Obese Smokers at higher risk of dying from prostate cancer: Study Medical Dialogues Editorial Team27 May 2022 8:00 PM ISTSweden: The reduced prostate cancer (PCa) risk for smokers throughout the PSA era, especially for low-risk PCa, is most likely due to smokers' low...
Alarming rise found in esophageal cancer and Barrett's esophagus in middle-aged adults Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli27 May 2022 7:45 PM ISTBethesda, MD: Adults aged 45 to 64 experienced a nearly doubled rate of esophageal cancer and a 50 percent increase in the precancerous condition...
Artificial Intelligence Helps predict lung cancer risk Dr. Nandita Mohan27 May 2022 6:45 PM ISTAs per a new study published in the journal Radiology, an artificial intelligence (AI) tool helps doctors predict the cancer risk in lung nodules...
Computer assisted colonoscopy identifies more precancerous polyps compared to traditional colonoscopy Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli27 May 2022 1:30 PM ISTColonoscopies performed with computer-aided detection, or artificial intelligence, (AI) saw an increase in the overall rate of detection of adenoma,...
A new breast cancer marker that may help in personalized therapy Dr B.P. RAHUL27 May 2022 9:00 AM IST'crown-like structures' surrounding breast tumours in overweight and obese patients were discovered in new study in University of Southampton and it...
Common diabetes drug effective against early-stage breast cancer? Dr. Nandita Mohan27 May 2022 9:00 AM ISTAccording to new findings, a widely used and inexpensive Type 2 diabetes drug, once hoped to hold enormous promise in treating breast cancer, does not...
Hypomethylating agents Could Activate "Sleeping" Cancer-Causing Gene: NEJM Medical Dialogues Editorial Team26 May 2022 9:15 PM ISTChina: Hypomethylating agents (HMA) are currently used as a first-line treatment for patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) -and increasingly in...
Add on metformin to standard breast cancer treatments fails to improve outcomes Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 May 2022 7:15 AM ISTA widely used and inexpensive Type 2 diabetes drug, once hoped to hold enormous promise in treating breast cancer, does not prevent or stop the spread...
Gallstone disease a strong predictor of pancreatic cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 May 2022 7:00 PM IST Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) were six times more likely to have had gallstone disease within the year prior to...
