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Bengal Cancer Summit 2026: Advancing Care & Youth Leadership

The Bengal Cancer Summit 2026, organized by the Oncological Society of Bengal and led by Organizing Secretary Prof. Dr. Suvadip Chakrabarti, successfully concluded on June 20 at the Spring Club. Accredited by the WBMC, the event drew over 150 prominent oncologists.

MP tops HPV vaccination in the country

Madhya Pradesh has stood first in the country in administering the highest number of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccines to girls for prevention of cervical cancer.

Hormone therapy for cancer

Hormone therapy can be provided to patients for a short or long period depending on the type of cancer the patient is suffering from. For patients with breast cancer, adjuvant hormone therapy is administered for 5 to 10 years.

Cancer patients who do not react to immunotherapy lack crucial immune cells: Study

Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients react to immunotherapy, and those who do not respond have a difficult future.