FDA approves Portrazza to treat advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer savita3 Dec 2015 3:02 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Portrazza (necitumumab) in combination with two forms of chemotherapy to treat patients with advanced...
FDA approves Empliciti to treat multiple myeloma Meghna A Singhania3 Dec 2015 12:35 PM ISTToday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval for Empliciti (elotuzumab) in combination with two other therapies to treat people with...
IBM Watson to power Manipal Hospitals' cancer care savita3 Dec 2015 11:37 AM ISTIn a first, hospital chain Manipal Hospitals has adopted IBM watson cognitive computing platform for improving and offering individualised cancer care...
Over 800,000 lung cancer patients in China by 2020 savita2 Dec 2015 10:59 AM ISTBeijing: China is expected to have over 800,000 lung cancer patients diagnosed annually by 2020, with nearly 700,000 people dying from the disease...
Drug price cut yielded Rs 2,772 crore benefit to public: Government savita2 Dec 2015 8:58 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government's decision to reduce prices of drugs, including those of cancer, cardiovascular diseases, AIDs/HIV and diabetes, has...
New Test to Quickly Spot Pancreatic Cancer: Study savita30 Nov 2015 3:03 PM ISTNEW YORK:Â By collecting samples from the portal vein -- which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the...
'Lifestyle, obesity, late hours leading to breast cancer' savita28 Nov 2015 4:26 PM ISTHyderabad: While cervical cancer is on decline, breast cancer cases are on rise due to obesity and lifestyle-related factors, said Dr Neeraja Bhatia,...
Promising new melanoma drug in the offing savita26 Nov 2015 4:19 PM ISTScientists have discovered a new compound that shows promise for treating deadly skin cancers like melanoma that are resistant or unresponsive to...
Angelina Jolie surgery raised breast cancer awareness among women savita26 Nov 2015 12:50 PM ISTLondon:Â Researchers at a breast cancer prevention clinic have observed an increased uptake of preventative double mastectomies since May 2013 when...
Novartis gets FDA approval for skin cancer drug combination savita23 Nov 2015 5:14 PM ISTNovartis AG said on Friday it received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's regular approval for a drug combination to treat an aggressive form of...
FDA approves Takeda drug for blood cancer multiple myeloma savita23 Nov 2015 4:27 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a third drug to treat multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer.The approved pill, called...
ESIC Model Hospital unveils a new OPD Block Pooja23 Nov 2015 3:17 PM ISTThe ESIC Model Hospital in Nacharam in the state of Telangana has got a refurbished look for its OPD Block. Unveiling the new look was the Union...
