Tag: Cancer
HCG-Strand Life Sciences launch StrandAdvantage500 to broaden patient access to genomic...
StrandAdvantage500 is a multiplex assay that overcomes iterative tests, saves time and precious sample, generates a comprehensive report at ‘one go’ with high confidence and accuracy...........................
Apollo Clinic & Niramai collaborate to offer customers contactless breast cancer...
The screening services will be initially available at all Apollo Clinic clinics across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Pune and will be ramped up pan-India in due course..................
Nearly 80% of the surveyed doctors in India incorrectly believe nicotine...
A key finding of the study is that nearly 80% of the 619 healthcare practitioners surveyed from around the country incorrectly believe that it is the nicotine in tobacco products that causes cancer........................
Gallbladder cancer vaccine candidates identified
The researchers' team including that from India performed a comprehensive genomic analysis and identified several targetable genomic alterations through sequencing and analysis of over 150 gallbladder cancer (GBC) samples. Currently, there are no targeted therapies for treating this cancer...............
Can-Helper: India’s first support helpline for cancer patients & their families
A joint initiative by Tata Memorial Centre and Cipla Palliative Care & Training Centre, Pune...............
Cadila Pharma launches biosimilar drug, Ritucad to treat blood cancer &...
Biosimilar Rituximab is used for the treatment of blood cancer and rheumatoid arthritis and will be launched under the brand name Ritucad™......................
IIT Madras researchers show ‘active principle’ from turmeric can potentially improve...
The team found that treating leukaemia (blood/bone-marrow cancer) cells with curcumin sensitises the cells to TRAIL and results in more efficient cell death...................
On Doctor’s Day, medical experts emphasize on attention to Non- COVID...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the entire country to halt, several doctors have deliberated the need to also focus on existing non-COVID patients seeking medical treatment for various other chronic diseases...................
IIT Madras researchers show ways to improve efficacy of anti-cancer treatments
The Research Team is now exploring collaborations with cancer hospitals to try their ‘simple timing’ strategy to enhance the effectiveness of cancer treatment..................
CSIR’s anti-pancreatic cancer drug IIIM-290 gets approval for clinical trial
Approval from the New Drugs Division of Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) will pave way for CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (IIIM) Jammu for conducting the clinical trial of this important drug candidate IIIM-290 in pancreatic cancer patients....................