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Cancer not linked to work-related stress

February 11, 2013
Scientists have delinked work-related stress from development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers. Around 90 percent of cancers are linked to environmental exposures, and while some exposures are well recognised …

Personalised therapy for colorectal cancer patients gets US FDA nod

July 27, 2012
The USFDA has approved the first personalized therapy for treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). Doctors say, more than 42,000 new CRC are estimated to occur in India in 2012. The FDA nod for Erbitux is based on data from a large …

Childhood obesity linked to cancer risk?

July 24, 2012
Obesity in childhood has a direct link with bladder and urinary tract (urothelial) and colorectal cancers in adulthood, warn Israeli researchers. Hence, maintaining a healthy weight has become a dire necessity. Besides extra …

Colon cancer cases on the rise in India

February 19, 2012
India's fight against cancer becomes tougher with more incidences of colorectal cancer (CRC) or colon cancer coming up, say doctors in the national capital. "Commonly known as bowel cancer, this form of cancer malignant cells …