Tag: Cancer Treatment

Biowaste bureaucracy

Not even the entire quantity of the ‘managed’ hospital waste is handled correctly; incineration or open burning of hazardous waste often resulting in such emission as dioxins and furans.

June 25, 2019

Nano-capsules for cancer

Theranostics is an emerging field in medicine, especially in oncology, and combines “diagnostics”.

June 19, 2019

Honour the Titan

I last spoke to Somnath Chatterjee in June, a few days before his hospitalisation. It was, as always, a very gentle request. He was the embodiment of old world courtesy. This was in connection with setting up of a Cancer Treatment Facility in Assam, the State of his birth, which he so dearly loved. Not …

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August 17, 2018

One-fifth of cancer survivors suffer from PTSD

Nearly one-fifth of patients with cancer experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), finds a study highlighting the need for early identification, careful monitoring and treatment of PTSD in cancer survivors. Although PTSD is primarily known to develop in individuals following a traumatic event such as a serious accident or natural disaster, it can also occur in …

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November 20, 2017

Watson AI system could improve cancer treatment

IBM's Watson artificial intelligence system could help persons with cancer by providing a rapid, comprehensive report of the genetic mutations at the root of their specific disease and the therapies that target them, says an Indian-origin pathologist. "We have to change our whole behaviour in looking at tumours. We are missing too much and too …

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August 9, 2017

Arthritis drug ignites hope for cancer treatment

A simple drug used in the treatment of arthritis may provide hope for patients with blood cancer towards an affordable and effective treatment, a study has showed. Polycythemia Vera is a type of blood cancer which causes an overproduction of red blood cells, and causes itching, headaches, weight loss, fatigue and night sweats. The researchers …

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August 4, 2017

Cancer treatment, impairments in kids

When exposed to cancer treatment like chemotherapy and radiation, brain and heart tissues in very young children are more prone to apoptosis or programmed cell death, researchers said. Apoptosis, in which molecular signals order cells to self-destruct, plays an important role in deciding the "fate" of a developing cell. These toxic treatment stressors put young …

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December 25, 2016

‘Cancer bubbles’ during chemotherapy may cause deadly clotting

Chemotherapy may stimulate the release of tiny bubbles from the surface of cancer cells that can cause potentially fatal blood clots, a new study has found. Most deaths from cancer are caused by uncontrolled growth of the tumour in vital organs. However, the second most common way that cancer kills is by triggering blood clotting …

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November 30, 2016