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Mazumdar-Shaw Center for Advanced Therapeutics (MS-CAT) was established at the Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Center, Narayana Health City by the Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Dr. MK Bhan. The centre announced about the new facilities for the treatment of cancer on Friday. GANIT labs, Strand Genomics, Cornell University,... 

It is well known that the human body has a highly developed immune system to detect and destroy invading pathogens and tumor cells. Now, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shown that the body has a second line of defense against cancer —... 

A new study has revealed that tumours don’t rely on their host’s blood vessels for nourishment because they can make their own blood vessels. The findings offer an explanation for why a class of drug once heralded as a game-changer in cancer treatment is proving less effective than had been hoped. In both studies,... 

London: A new study has found that women with dense breasts and no lobular involution are at a higher risk for developing breast cancer than those with non-dense breasts and complete involution. Apart from age, family history, and age at menarche, two additional factors associated with breast cancer risk include mammographic... 

Taller men may have a higher risk of getting testicular cancer, say experts in the United States. After looking at data on more than 10,000 men, researchers found that for every extra two inches or 5cm in height above average, the risk went up by 13%. But experts stressed the lifetime risk of developing this cancer is low –... 

Prostate cancer sufferers can halve their chances of dying by taking aspirin daily. A 10-year study of 5,275 men with the early stages of disease, conducted by the Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, US, found that aspirin reduced the risk of dying from 10 per cent to four per cent. They discovered that patients with... 

New Delhi: Olive oil helps prevent cancer and increases life expectancy, an official of the Indian Olive Association (IOA) said Saturday, predicting that olive oil consumption in India would go up by 125 percent this year. “India has the highest number of patients suffering from cardiac disease. It is high time that a... 

Patients with a very early form of breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ or DCIS) who have higher mammographic density may be at increased risk for subsequent breast cancer, especially in the breast opposite to the one with the initial cancer, says a new research. Mammographic density refers to the proportion of the breast... 

Washington: In what may pave the way for more effective treatments for some of most aggressive cancers, scientists claim to have discovered vital clues to the spread of the disease in the body. An international team, led by University of New South Wales, has found that cancer cells are accompanied by growth- enabling stromal... 

Washington: In what may pave the way for early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, an Indian-origin scientist-led team claims to have developed a method which can detect the onset of the disease. Dr Hemant Roy of NorthShore University and colleagues at Northwestern University say the method detects lung cancer by testing...