Tag Archives: Cancer

Newly found immune system molecule could prevent melanoma growth

Written by Himmat Mehra on July 10, 2012 — Leave a Comment

For the Melanoma infected patients who are fighting with this unexpected dangerous tumour immunity form of skin cancer, now there is a counter weapon in form of a molecule in immune cells that help to treat this disease growth in mice. As per latest development of Brigham and Women`s Hospital (BWH) researchers in US, one [...]

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Obligatory Licensing Effect: Cipla cuts generic cancer drug price by 80pct

Written by Himmat Mehra on May 4, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Cancer patients, for whom it was very difficult to take full medical treatment due to high price of cancer drug, now can easily buy the medicines as Cipla decide to cut-price rates of drugs. Seeking influential impact by the recent compulsory licensing verdict, Cipla is the biggest Indian pharmaceutical companies and on Friday, it announced [...]

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Comeback won’t be easy: Yuvraj Singh

Written by Himmat Mehra on April 12, 2012 — Leave a Comment

The star cricketer from the Indian Cricket team, Yuvraj Singh, who recently back to India after a three month long treatment in the US hospital for a rare germ cancer, said in a press conference that it won’t be easy to make an early comeback in the Indian cricket team but he is having high [...]

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Early detection can save death from cancer mortality

Written by Himmat Mehra on March 29, 2012 — Leave a Comment

According to the horridness report on cancer mortality, around Six lakh Indian people are being dead have caused of avoidable cancer in 2010. A landmark study from across 16 centres published in The Lancet found that mostly cancer affected people are of aged between 30 and 69, and it never a disease of the rich. [...]

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Oral sex increases mouth cancer cases

Written by Himmat Mehra on March 19, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Latest study reveals that the tolls of Mouth cancer cases are increasing due to transmission of human papilloma virus (HPV) that is communicated during physical contact of couple or may be oral sex. As per a Charity Group, Cancer Research UK that studied this fact said the rates of mouth cancer in Britain figured above [...]

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World Cancer Day 2012: India registers 1 million cancer cases every year

Written by Himmat Mehra on February 4, 2012 — Leave a Comment

Feb 4 is the World Cancer Day. Around 80 percent of men and women are infected by breast cancer when they come to a hospital. The breast and cervix Cancer are most common among women while men suffer from neck, throat and prostate cancer. Amongst them urban women are rapidly afflicted with Cancer due to [...]

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