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Its urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised about breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's why women reject preventive drugs for breast cancer

Researchers found that almost 29 per cent of women thought doctors prescribed too many medicines.

4 Dec 2018 2:31 PM IST

About 65 percent of women with hormone-positive disease and a positive blood test did not have a new breast cancer within two years (Photo: AFP)

Here are 5 lifestyle habits that can lead to breast cancer

One disease that has affected the lives of millions of women across the world is Breast Cancer the most common cancer...

16 May 2018 8:48 AM IST

Black women use more hair products than other women and suffer disproportionately from uterine fibroids, early puberty and infertility. (Photo: Pixabay)

Hair-straightening products contain potentially toxic mix

Black women use more hair products than other women and suffer disproportionately from uterine fibroids, early puberty...

16 May 2018 8:10 AM IST

Its urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised about breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Indian rural women often late in seeking breast cancer care

It's urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised...

23 March 2018 1:32 PM IST

A newly designed three-part molecule could be the one answer patients with a certain form of breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

A new ray of hope for breast cancer patients!

The findings from this study are published in the publication Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids.

22 March 2018 2:09 PM IST

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New hope for patients with hard-to-treat breast cancer

Researchers learned three interesting things from a trial test.

20 March 2018 9:26 AM IST

This is a huge contrast to the global age-standardised cancer incidence of men having a 25% higher incidence than women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Obese people with breast cancer gene have increased DNA damage, says...

Having high BMI while carrying BRCA mutation is positively linked with higher levels of damage to DNA in normal breast...

20 March 2018 8:08 AM IST

Early menopause increased even further for women whose periods started early if they had no children. (Photo: Pixabay)

Can diet affect the age you start menopause?

A diet with lots of refined pasta and rice showed that menopause was more likely to occur one and a half years earlier...

1 May 2018 2:13 PM IST

Its urgent to have a national breast cancer program in India, while at the local level, awareness needs to be raised about breast cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Is protein responsible for breast cancer?

One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime and one in 30 is expected to die from it.

7 May 2018 4:02 PM IST

Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Daily consumption of this drug can cause certain cancers in men

Men who take once-daily aspirin have nearly double the risk of melanoma compared to men who are not exposed.

4 May 2018 5:33 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Higher BMI associated with lower breast cancer risk

The drivers of breast cancer risk can be different for young women compared to older women.

22 Jun 2018 3:03 PM IST

The set of 170 chemical compounds was then tested across 100 lung cancer lines. (Photo: Pixabay)

Diabetes may be an early indicator of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most fatal cancers, with a five-year survival rate of only eight per cent.

19 Jun 2018 10:01 AM IST