Tag: Chemotherapy

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8-YO Mamali From Bhadrak Continues To Inspire, Donates Hair For Cancer Patients

Eight-year-old Mamali Panda from Bhadrak district is the reason of smile for many. Despite her young age, Mamali is popular as a social worker who also contributes towards welfare of birds in her region.

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  • Friday, 04 February 2022
Chemotherapy May Not Be Needed To Treat Cancer: New Research
Chemotherapy May Not Be Needed To Treat Cancer: New Research

This experiment went on for a year in America. However, it has not yet been used on the human body. Now the effort has been intensified to apply it on the human body, Pandey said.

  • Sunday, 26 December 2021
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Odisha joins hands with Tata Trusts for Cancer Care

Bhubaneswar: The State government and Tata Trusts today joined hands to make cancer care available to people across Odisha. As part of its cancer control initiatives, Tata Trusts will establish an apex cancer care centre in Bhubaneswar, upgrade the AHRCC at Cuttack to a comprehensive cancer care hospital and facilitate diagnostics and standardised daycare chemotherapy […]

  • Monday, 26 July 2021
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Chemotherapy extended to all districts in Odisha

Bhubaneswar:  Free cancer treatment will now be available in every district as Odisha Government on Tuesday extended free chemotherapy facility in all the district headquarter hospitals (DHH) in the state. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced for the extension of the much needed facility on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day today. Odisha is the […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Chemotherapy equipment dangerous: Study

London: The anti-bacterial silver coating used in chemotherapy catheters actually breaks down the drugs and thus reduces the efficacy of the treatment, a study says. Chemotherapy treatment usually involves the patient receiving medicine through an intravenous catheter. These catheters, as well as the equipment attached to them, are treated with a silver coating which is […]

  • Friday, 16 July 2021
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Researchers develop device to reduce chemotherapy's harmful side effects

New York: Researchers have developed a new 3D-printed device that could help reduce side effects of chemotherapy such as hair loss, nausea and heart failure. Although chemotherapy can kill cancer cells very effectively, healthy cells also get affected. But if excess chemotherapy drugs could be removed from a patient’s bloodstream after they have worked, they […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Immunotherapy plus chemo extends life of breast cancer patients

London: A treatment regime combining immunotherapy and chemotherapy can help tune the body’s immune system to attack an aggressive type of breast cancer, extending survival by up to 10 months, show results of an immunotherapy trial in Britain. The research, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also showed that the combined treatment reduced […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Chemotherapy may cause early menopause risk in women: Study

New York: Women with lung cancer who underwent chemotherapy are likely to experience an early menopause, a new study has shown. The results suggested that chemotherapy for patients with lung cancer increases the risk of early loss of menses in survivors. It may cause acute amenorrhea and menopause, leading not only to hot flashes, vaginal […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Commonly used chemotherapy drug can lead to heart failure: Study

London: A chemotherapy drug, widely used for treatment of ovarian, bladder, lung, thyroid and stomach cancers, has the potential to cause heart toxicity that can lead to congestive heart failure, a study led by a professor of Indian origin, has found. In the study, conducted on mice, doxorubicin induced fibrosis in the heart, increased the programmed […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
Iron overload drug might improve leukaemia treatment

London: Chemotherapy for one type of leukaemia could be improved by giving patients a drug currently used in the treatment of iron overload, new research has showed. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer that stops healthy blood cell production. Chemotherapy is the standard treatment, but improvements are needed as the five-year survival rate […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Arthritis drug may be new hope for skin cancer

London: Combining the treatment for the most deadly form of skin cancer with a common anti-rheumatic drug could provide more effective results, new research has shown. The findings showed that using “leflunomide” — an immunosuppressive drug approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis — in combination with another melanoma drug, selumetinib almost completely stopped the growth […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Novel immunotherapy brings new hope for cancer patients

New York: Researchers, led by one of Indian-origin, have developed a groundbreaking cancer treatment that genetically engineers a patient’s immune system to attack cancer cells. The novel treatment involves the recently approved CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy for patients with aggressive large B-cell lymphoma — blood cancers — who had failed prior […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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Potential cure for cancer could be ready in 2018

London: British scientists are in the process of developing an immune therapy based on blood cells from patients who have made “miracle” recoveries from cancer, a breakthrough that could lead to potential cure for millions. Early results from tests conducted in laboratory not only signal better treatment for cancer but also a potential cure that […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
Nawaz Sharif's wife discharged from London hospital

Islamabad: Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is undergoing cancer treatment in London, has been discharged from a hospital here and her further treatment, including chemotherapy, would start next week. Nawaz underwent a third operation for lymphoma, for which she was diagnosed last month, on September 21. “Shukar Alhamdulillah, Ammi (Kulsoom […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
What worries cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy the most

London: Cancer patients today are worried more about the effects of their illness on their partner or family than the physical side effects of chemotherapy, new research has found. The study presented at European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2017 Congress in Madrid, Spain, showed that socio-psychological factors have become more significant for patients today […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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