Oncology/Hematology News
  • More Evidence Linking Obesity to Liver Cancer

    Added On : 17th October 2016

    Image result for More Evidence Linking Obesity to Liver CancerAnd type 2 diabetes more than doubles the odds, researchers say

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  • Freeze Therapy: Breast Cancer Surgery Alternative?

    Added On : 13th October 2016

    Image result for Freeze Therapy Breast Cancer SurgeryCryoablation looks promising for small tumors, doctors say

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  • Immunotherapy cancer drug hailed as 'game changer'

    Added On : 12th October 2016

    Kidney cancerAn immunotherapy drug has been described as a potential "game-changer" in promising results presented at the European Cancer Congress.

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  • Drug Trio Shows Major Promise Against Myeloma

    Added On : 7th October 2016

    Image result for daratumumab43 percent of study patients with the blood cancer had a complete response, researchers report

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  • Breast cancer drive launched

    Added On : 3rd October 2016

    RIYADH: In a Kingdom-wide awareness program to reduce the incidence of breast cancer, the Ministry of Health on Sunday launched a program “Test and Be Assured,” in the capital.

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  • More Breast Cancer Patients Should Consider Radiation

    Added On : 22nd September 2016

    Image result for More Breast Cancer Patients Should Consider RadiationMastectomy patients with small tumors, fewer lymph nodes involved, benefit from the therapy, cancer experts agree

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  • Gene-editing method shrinks cancer

    Added On : 12th September 2016

    gene editing graphicScientists have used a gene-editing tool to stunt tumour growth in mice.

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  • FDA Warns Ovarian Cancer Tests Not Reliable

    Added On : 10th September 2016

    Image result for FDA Warns Ovarian Cancer Tests Not ReliableMay delay preventive therapies for high-risk women, spur unnecessary procedures in some without cancer

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  • Brain radiotherapy 'no benefit' for lung cancer spread

    Added On : 5th September 2016

    MRI scan showing secondary brain tumoursWhole brain radiotherapy is of no benefit to people with lung cancer which has spread to the brain, says research in the Lancet.

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  • Early Prostate Cancer Diagnoses Continue to Fall

    Added On : 20th August 2016

    Image result for prostate cancerDecline follows recommendation against routine screening, but experts not sure if trend is good or bad

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