Tag: Cancer Screening

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to make arrangements to provide cancer screening facilities in all district headquarters hospitals (DHHs) very soon. Announcing this to the media today, Health and Family Welfare minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak said initially the facilities would begin in seven DHHs. “The facilities would be gradually introduced in the remaining DHHs […]

Jaipur: Struggling to stay alive in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Rajasthan Royals hope for a change in fortune as they plan to don a special pink jersey in Friday’s home match against the Chennai Super Kings, to raise awareness about early cancer screening. As part of the Rajasthan Royals’ Cancer out campaign, skipper Ajinkya […]

New York: Your canine friend can use its highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with cancer with almost 97 per cent accuracy, a finding that can lead to new low-cost and non-invasive screening approaches for the disease, finds a study. Dogs have smell receptors 10,000 times more accurate than […]