Traditional Chinese Medicine may improve mucositis following radiotherapy in cancer patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli16 Aug 2022 4:45 AM IST For tens of thousands of Australians who receive radiotherapy as part of their cancer treatment, mucositis is a serious side effect that may cause...
Nivolumab combo with chemotherapy or ipilimumab prolongs survival in Advanced esophageal carcinoma Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Aug 2022 8:00 PM ISTNivolumab has recently been approved both in combination with fluoropyrimidine-and platinum-based combination chemotherapy and in combination with...
Combining chemotherapy and radiotherapy has long term benefit in bladder cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli7 Aug 2022 8:00 PM ISTGiving people with bladder cancer chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the same time helps stop cancer from coming back, long-term results of a 10-year...
People with early-stage Hodgkin lymphoma face a higher risk of dying from CVDs than from cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 July 2022 3:30 AM ISTTreatment advances have improved the survival of individuals with Hodgkin lymphoma (HL)-a type of cancer that affects the lymphatic system-but...
Hormone replacement therapy doesn't lead to breast cancer recurrence Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 July 2022 7:30 PM ISTA new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, published by Oxford University Press, finds that menopausal hormone therapy for breast...
IIT Madras develops Artificial Intelligence Tool 'PIVOT' for Personalized Cancer Diagnosis Medical Dialogues Bureau8 July 2022 4:15 PM ISTChennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence-based tool, 'PIVOT', that can...
Atezolizumab to help survival in bladder cancer patients with ctDNA positivity Isra Zaman7 July 2022 9:45 AM ISTResearchers treated a group of post-surgery bladder cancer patients with the immunotherapy drug atezolizumab and have found that patients whose...
Kerala: Chemotherapy facility available in 25 Govt Hospitals Adity Saha7 July 2022 9:30 AM ISTThiruvananthapuram: Health Minister Veena George has said that chemotherapy facilities for cancer treatment are available in 25 government hospitals...
West Bengal: SSKM hospital to perform double mastectomy surgery on 37-year-old female patient Adity Saha1 July 2022 2:15 PM ISTKolkata: For the first time ever in Bengal, a double mastectomy surgery will be performed on a patient admitted to government-run SSKM Hospital. The...
Preoperative MRI may lead to better surgical outcomes for prostate cancer patients Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Jun 2022 7:30 PM ISTImaging techniques are important tools in cancer diagnosis and treatment, but their use remains limited in prostate cancer patients. Systematic...
New blood test may identify which colon cancer patients need chemotherapy Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli28 Jun 2022 5:30 AM ISTAustralian-US researchers have developed a new blood test that could revolutionise how chemotherapy is used for colon cancer, by identifying the...
MRI guided high-intensity focused ultrasound can control prostate cancer with fewer side effects: Lancet Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli26 Jun 2022 8:00 PM ISTIn recent years, a new treatment strategy known as focal therapy (partial gland ablation) has emerged for prostate cancer considered to be...
