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Chemotherapy is often regarded as the first option for breast cancer patients to shrink tumors and even blitz the disease altogether. (Photo: Pixabay)

Brain cancer can be fought with Zika virus, says study

Research shows that the virus specifically takes aim at brain cancer stem cells, the kind that tend to survive...

6 Sept 2017 8:51 AM IST

Experts warn 9/11 firefighters have much higher risk of cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Better treatment for common childhood brain cancer in the offing

Chromosome signature found in medulloblastoma will let medics adapt treatment so that each child is targeted...

3 Nov 2018 5:15 PM IST

Reovirus could cross the blood-brain barrier to reach tumours, where it is hoped they will replicate and kill the cancer cells. (Photo: Pixabay)

Virus that can help treat brain tumours identified

The research demonstrated that the virus could be administered through a single-dose intravenous drip.

4 Jan 2018 4:14 PM IST

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Men, women pose different factors for developing brain cancer

Here is what a new study has found.

1 July 2018 1:23 PM IST

New use of leukemia drug, nilotinib to heal a deadly pediatric brain cancer. (Photo: ANI)

Brain cancer in kids can be treated with leukemia drug

Leukemia drug may treat brain cancer in children: Study.

22 Sept 2019 12:21 PM IST

McCain has been fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer for more than a year. (Photo: AFP)

John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, does not want Trump at his...

John McCain, a Vietnam war vet and senator from Arizona, has been fighting an aggressive form of brain cancer for more...

6 May 2018 4:04 PM IST

The vaccine showed a dramatic response in some patients, with two remaining alive at least 69 months (Photo: AFP)

Brain cancer patients may live longer thanks to modified polio vaccine

The experimental vaccine involves a genetically modified form of polio, which is infused into the brain tumor.

26 Jun 2018 8:42 PM IST

John McCain (Photo: AP)

Veteran US senator John McCain ends cancer treatment

McCain was elected to the House in 1982 and after two terms was elected to Senate to replace retiring conservative...

25 Aug 2018 1:44 PM IST

Blogger guilty of fake cancer cure claims

Gibson in 2015 admitted to an Australian magazine that she had made up the diagnosis.

16 March 2017 3:03 AM IST

Kind' red spirits, all

Creating a wave of change with their tiny initiatives for a cause, many children are winning hearts globally.

29 Dec 2016 12:22 AM IST

When the signal is weak, the phone sends out more radio frequency energy to boost its connection to signal towers. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer risk may be increased by sleeping with this next to your head

People could also reduce their risk of brain cancer by carrying their phones in a bag or purse - not in their pockets.

19 Dec 2017 12:35 PM IST

The study focused on gliomas, which make up about 80 percent of brain cancer diagnoses.(Photo: Youtube)

Brain cancer can now be detected five years earlier in blood: study

The discovery could lead to earlier diagnosis of brain cancer.

9 Jun 2017 1:17 PM IST