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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)

Woman cured of advanced breast cancer through immunotherapy in world...

Treatment already works in some people with cancer of the lung, cervix, blood cells (leukaemia), skin (melanoma) and...

5 Jun 2018 8:16 AM IST

Eating more red and processed meat was not associated with survival or cancer recurrence. (Photo: Pixabay)

Breakthrough in tough-to-treat pancreatic cancer

Chemotherapy treatment folfirinox will become standard for patients whose pancreatic cancer is diagnosed early to be...

5 Jun 2018 8:04 AM IST

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

Breakthrough for ovarian cancer patients: Half of women in trial...

Research, lead by team at Institute of Cancer Research in London and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, said the...

22 Aug 2018 10:25 AM IST

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

Novel blood test detects 95 per cent of cancers at any stage of...

Scientists hope that the new diagnosis method will allow patients to receive tailored treatments.

21 Aug 2018 9:42 AM IST

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

Scientists cure skin melanoma of mice in trial, train body to stop...

Treatment works as immunotherapy, using immune system to fight tumour, and also trains body to be able to destroy cancer...

12 Sept 2018 7:21 PM IST

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

Chemotherapy may cause more aggressive cancer

Often considered to be the first option in breast cancer patients, new study claims that it can lead to Stage 4 cancer.

10 July 2017 10:25 AM IST

A typical Mediterranean diet includes high intakes of plant-based proteins such as nuts, lentils and beans (Photo: Pixabay)

This diet reduces breast cancer risk by 40 percent

Each year more than 55,000 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer, 30 per cent of whom have ER-negative...

6 March 2017 9:08 AM IST

Combination of drugs can kill brain cancer cells

Combination of drugs can kill brain cancer cells

The drugs are even highly effective against breast cancer and multiple myeloma

16 Feb 2017 9:24 AM IST

The study found a clear connection between the use of hypertension medicine and the chance of developing skin cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

Now, deadly skin cancer may be treated by Arthritis drug, says study

If caught early, melanoma is treatable, but once the cancer has metastasised or spread, then treatment becomes more...

21 Dec 2017 8:05 AM IST

He has been living cancer free for five years now (Photo: AFP)

Man claims his cancer went into remission following switch to vegan...

His next scan after going vegan in 2013 showed that his cancer had shrunk by almost 80 percent.

17 Dec 2017 6:21 PM IST

Immunotherapy proves to be a better treatment for cancer patients (Photo: Pixabay)

Cancer drug better than chemotherapy awaits funding

Despite success, drugs watchdog Nice has ruled the treatment as not cost effective.

26 Jun 2017 1:52 PM IST