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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)

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

The disease underlies heart disease and causes the arteries to become narrowed. (Photo: Pixabay)

Grilled, roasted meat may up high BP risk: study

The disease underlies heart disease and causes the arteries to become narrowed.

22 March 2018 6:12 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

Liver tumours develop from mutated cells that grow and proliferate uncontrollably. (Photo: Pixabay)

New anti-cancer protein discovered

The incidence of liver cancer, also known as hepatocellular carcinoma, is steadily increasing, researchers said.

22 March 2018 1:16 PM IST

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Sound waves enhance cancer drug delivery, minimise toxicity

For decades now, ultrasound has been used to image organs such as the heart and kidneys and check blood flow.

20 March 2018 3:42 PM 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

The analysis also showed that cancer patients are about three times more likely to commit suicide than the general population. (Photo: Pixabay)

Urological cancer patients at five times higher suicide risk

In bladder and prostate cancer, this ratio drops to one suicide for every 7 attempts.

18 March 2018 5:20 PM IST

It is already known that being overweight or obese increases a persons risk of CVD, as well as other diseases such as cancer. (Photo: Pixabay)

'Obesity paradox' is a myth: study

It is already known that being overweight or obese increases a person's risk of CVD, as well as other diseases such as...

18 March 2018 1:33 PM IST

Penis enlargement, meanwhile, dropped by 28 per cent in 2016. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study says smart software can diagnose prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common male cancer, with around 1.1 million diagnoses ever year.

17 March 2018 6:32 PM IST

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

Indian women more prone to cancer than men

More than 90% of all female cancers are not inherited, so genomic screening is not a cost effective option.

17 March 2018 10:57 AM IST

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

Marriage may be good for catching melanoma early

Compared to married patients, widows were 70 percent more likely to have early-stage melanoma diagnosed when it was...

12 May 2018 2:36 PM IST

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

Cancer docs feel unprepared, but recommend marijuana anyway

There's evidence marijuana can treat chronic pain in adults and medications similar to marijuana can ease nausea from...

11 May 2018 2:09 PM IST