Processed meat carcinogenic to humans, says WHO agency’s study
IARC says red meat also has nutritional value, and hopes that the findings will help countries conduct assessments to provide the best possible …
Addressing cancer epidemic in India using power of genomics
While we understand the disease a lot better than we did a century ago with survival rates in some cancers as high as 90 per cent now, we have …
Obesity and breast cancer: A wakeup call
Adopting a comprehensive approach of addressing lifestyle-related risk factors with regular breast cancer screenings are some of the very …
Immunotherapy may offer ray of hope to triple negative breast cancer patients
Triple negative breast cancer is a notoriously aggressive form of breast cancer and those suffering from it have slim chance of survival
Killer on the tral
Migrating to another country may lower or raise chances of contracting breast cancer, reveals a new study
Succour for cancer patients
Many terminally ill cancer patients have found succour in the last stages of their life at this Shanti Avedna Ashram , set up in 1978 by …
Researchers decode why brain tumours are hard to treat
Cancer cells essentially get integrated into the brain’s neural network and flourish with the help of structures that neurons use to …
Study finds pill prevented 200,000 womb cancer cases in rich nations
According to estimates, around 400,000 cancer cases were prevented over 50 years
Gender inequities worsen impact of cancer in women, finds Lancet Commission
Discrimination affects their rights and opportunities to avoid risk factors, ability to get timely diagnosis & quality care
Scientists identify vulnerabilities in over 700 cancer cells that could fuel new treatments
The new medicines could even treat types of cancers that are resistant to available therapies
New method for controlled release makes cancer drugs less toxic to healthy tissues
This is a hydrogel-based treatment method releases drugs slowly increasing its efficiency
What’s the link between oral contraceptive pills and cancer among women?
Ovarian cancer accounts for about 4 per cent of all cancer cases in women and is one of the leading causes of death
Scientists discover a new way to detect early colon cancer
Colon cancer currently gets detected at a very late stage; the new technique could help detect it at stage I
Arsenic may help kill liver cancer cells
Arsenic Trioxide - a naturally occurring metalloid – may be helpful in inducing cell death and also halt growth of liver cancer cells
Indian scientists closer to a new treatment for blood cancer
The new drug can kill over 70 per cent blood cancer cells in a petri dish in 48 hours at an extremely low concentration
Inducing cell death to fight cancer
Some scientists claim tumours might be formed because cells refuse to die -- and not because they multiply at a high rate.
Roller-coaster riders inside cells
Specialised structures such as chromosomes were thought to float haphazardly in cells. Now, researchers believe tiny motors guide them on …
Caffeine could fight cancer
Research shows that the once-dreaded caffeine can be used in the battle against certain cancers
Mystique of metal therapy
Incredible though it may seem, it is being claimed that cancer and multiple sclerosis, the two deadly diseases that have often eluded cure, can …
New line of defence
A drug which was abandoned because of its toxic effects more than a decade ago is finding new uses in preventing and curing cancer
Cancer cornered
Good news: a drug which attacks cancerous cells but leaves the healthy tissues untouched has been developed; but till now only mice have counted …
A shot in the arm
Humankind may soon to face to face with a miracle if the dozen odd cancer vaccine trials, currently on in the United States, emerge successful
Cancerous route
Better cancer drugs may be on the anvil with researchers finding a cell protein that helps cancer spread
An implantable device, smaller than a rice grain, can shrink pancreatic tumours
Pancreatic cancer one of the most difficult to treat; device can deliver immunotherapy at low doses for a long time
Why some women are more prone to develop cervical cancer
Researchers found a correlation between the composition of three micro-RNA genes in the DNA and the risk for a person developing cervical cancer