Tag: Tumour

Novel 'dot' system may improve cancer detection

New York: Scientists have developed a nanosystem using “quantum dots” that will help improve visualisation of tumour, paving the way for early treatment. The nanosystem, which achieves a five-fold increase over existing tumour-specific optical imaging methods, generates bright tumour signals by delivering quantum dots to cancer cells without any toxic effects. “Tumour imaging is an […]

  • Tuesday, 06 July 2021
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CSE level laparoscopic surgery successfully conducted at CHC in Bhadrak

Bhadrak: A community health centre (CHC) in Bhadrak has set a benchmark by becoming the first such centre in Odisha to successfully perform a CSE-level laparoscopic surgery. As per the reports, a team comprising medical officer Jyotirmay Nayak and junior doctors of the CHC in Dhamnagar Block achieved this feat after successfully operating three persons […]

  • Monday, 03 May 2021
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New wearable device grabs cancer cells from blood

New York: A team of US engineers have developed a prototype wearable device that can continuously collect live cancer cells directly from a patient’s blood in an advance that could help patients avoid biopsy as well as get treatment for cancer more effectively. Most cancer cells cannot survive in the bloodstream, but those that do […]

  • Sunday, 02 May 2021
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40-kg tumour removed from Odisha woman's uterus

Cuttack: In a rare surgery, a tumour weighing 40 kg was removed from the uterus of a woman at Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre in Cuttack recently. As per reports, the tumour was growing inside the body of a woman identified as Shakuntala Majhi, a resident of Angul district, for last 10 years. After a […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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