Advising chemo without tissue diagnosis amounts to medical negligence: Commission directs Tata Memorial Hospital, doctor to pay Rs 5L compensation Farhat Nasim29 May 2023 5:11 PM ISTMumbai: Noting that without tissue diagnosis advising chemo was the act of omission, the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has...
Bristol Myers Squibb receives EMA panel recommendation for approval of Opdivo with chemotherapy for lung cancer patients Ruchika Sharma29 May 2023 11:30 AM ISTOpdivo is a programmed death-1 immune checkpoint inhibitor that is designed to uniquely harness the body's own immune system to help restore...
Cemiplimab plus chemotherapy prolongs life and improves QoL in patients with advanced lung cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli16 May 2023 11:00 AM ISTUSA: Cemiplimab plus chemotherapy can improve survival and also affects quality of life in patients with advanced lung cancer versus placebo...
Medical Bulletin 9/May/2023 Isra Zaman9 May 2023 4:30 PM ISTHere are the top medical news for the day:Domestic abuse exposure and increased levels of asthma and other atopic diseases linked StudyPublished...
Immunotherapy plus chemotherapy combination for advanced lung cancer improves and prolongs life Isra Zaman9 May 2023 9:15 AM ISTA recent clinical trial showed that the drug combination of cemiplimab plus platinum chemotherapy can prolong survival in patients with advanced lung...
Cannabis improves pain, sleep quality and cognition in cancer patients: Study Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli2 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: Cannabis use in cancer patients is associated with improved sleep quality, pain intensity and subjective cognitive functioning; a recent study...
Novel combination of gene therapy and chemotherapy may provide new treatment option in bone cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 May 2023 9:30 AM ISTNew research has identified a potential therapeutic target and developed a unique delivery system to treat osteosarcoma, a bone cancer that primarily...
Venus Remedies bags UK MHRA marketing nod for chemotherapy drug Cisplatin Ruchika Sharma27 April 2023 12:29 PM ISTChandigarh: Venus Remedies Ltd, a provider of cancer drugs worldwide, has secured marketing authorisation from the UK for Cisplatin, a...
USFDA extends review period for Daiichi Sankyo acute myeloid leukemia drug Quizartinib Ruchika Sharma23 April 2023 4:00 PM ISTQuizartinib is an oral, highly potent type II FLT3 inhibitor that selectively targets FLT3-ITD mutations and has been specifically developed for...
Surgery effective alternative to chemotherapy and radiation for early metastatic testicular cancer Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli21 April 2023 8:00 PM ISTA newly published study paves the way for some patients with testicular cancer to avoid chemotherapy and radiation. Seminoma is a slow-growing form...
Treatment of Non-Metastatic Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer: AUA/ASCO/ASTRO/SUO Guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 April 2023 8:00 PM ISTThere are 79,030 new cases of bladder cancer and 16,870 bladder cancer deaths predicted for 2017 in the U.S.6 Approximately 25% of newly diagnosed...
AstraZeneca announces positive results from ovarian cancer combo therapy trial Ruchika Sharma7 April 2023 11:30 AM ISTThe safety and tolerability of these combinations are broadly consistent with that observed in prior clinical trials and the known profiles of the...
