Fighting cancer has always been a particularly costly affair and the cost of monthly doses can run into lakhs which makes battling the disease almost impossible for the poor. But all that could change with the Tata Memorial
London (IANS) A US study has suggested expectant women drinking from plastic bottles could be increasing their unborn child's chances of developing cancer later in life.
Researchers at the the University of Illinois, who
Washington (ANI): Researchers have identified two gene variants that may predict which women are likely to benefit from a long-term drug treatment that can cut the risk of developing the disease in half.
The work represents a
London (ANI): A new study has revealed that almost six out of 10 women are unable to name any of the 10 symptoms of ovarian cancer.
The disease is the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths in women and experts fear the lack
Panaji, June 16 (IANS): Smoking cigarettes is not the only way to contract cancer. If one believes the Goa Forest Department, eating frog meat can also get you a date with cancer. Around this time of the year poachers, with a
Washington (ANI): Advanced mathematical modelling can be used in the fight against cancer, a new research has revealed.
A research conducted by University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has found a technique that predicts how
Mumbai (IANS) Maharashtra's first integrated centre for cancer to cater exclusively to women was launched on Saturday.
The privately-run B Nanavati Hospital (BNH) and the Bangalore-based Health Care Global Enterprises Ltd
Chicago (IANS) Serious tissue damage and disfigurement are a major fallout of most cancer therapies, but the one for breast cancer in particular has life-altering impact on women. Chicago-based Ananda Chakrabarty, a
Washington, June 14 (ANI): Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania have identified a key molecular player in recurrent breast cancer – a finding that suggests potential new therapeutic
Chennai, June 13: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa recently attended the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Adyar Cancer Institute and also announced a special grant of Rs 5 crore for a memorial building to be
Melbourne, June 12 (ANI): A life science company is perfecting a possible miracle cure for cancer from a fruit from the north Queensland rainforest. QBiotics based in Queensland believes that a compound extracted from the same
Washington, June 12 (ANI): Most women do not make the lifestyle choices that are recommended by the American Cancer Society to reduce risk of acquiring cancer, a new study has claimed. The new survey determined how women view
Philadelphia, June 12 (IANS): Scientists have found that combining diabetes drugs with anti-cancer therapies increases the efficacy of the latter, a study says. In the current issue of the journal Cancer Cell, researchers at the
Washington, June 11 (ANI): Men with prostate cancer may significantly improve their survival chances with a simple change in their diet, a new study has revealed. The study conducted by UC San Francisco has found that by