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Computer Algorithms may help cancer patients manage symptoms
Computer algorithms may have benefited a lot of cancer patients in managing their symptoms. Now, a …
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Drinking up to 4 cups of coffee a day may improve outcomes for colon cancer patients, even if it's decaf
A study found colon cancer patients who drank four of more cups of coffee a day had better survival…
Gabby Landsverk
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Cancer patients may face high risk of death from COVID-19: Study
More than half of those with cancer who died due to COVID-19 (37 out of 61 patients) had been in p…
PTI
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We're about to get some key lung cancer data - and it could affect how hundreds of thousands of cancer patients are treated
The trials focus on how effective combinations that leverage certain immunotherapies known as check…
Lydia Ramsey
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Punjab provided free cancer treatment worth ₹13.54 crores to patients
Punjab has a high prevalence of cancer and its treatment involves high costs which is not affordabl…
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'We are going to have lung cancer patients living longer and better:' A new kind of cancer treatment is about to change how we treat the disease
Progression-free survival - a clinical endpoint that basically means the cancer hasn't grown - was …
Lydia Ramsey
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Children with cancer may not be at increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection
"The Covid-19 pandemic spread rapidly in the early part of 2020 and there were initial concern…
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Group of oncologists launch free-of-cost second opinion helpline number for cancer patients
Cancer patients can call on this number to speak to oncologists directly or even do a video call…
PTI
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Gut bacteria may affect how cancer patients respond to immunotherapy, study finds
Researchers found certain gut bacteria signatures were associated with better and worse responses t…
Andrea Michelson
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Fecal transplants, made up of poop and microbes, are being touted as a promising new treatment for skin cancer patients
A new study suggests that transplanting fecal matter into the guts of melanoma patients could help …
Joshua Zitser
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This test could help thousands of cancer patients avoid chemotherapy
Agendia isn't the only test that helps doctors determine whether a breast cancer patient needs chem…
Lydia Ramsey
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Cancer patients are increasingly being treated based on their inherited genetics - and it's putting doctors in a difficult position
The question was in part in response to a February update to the National Comprehensive Cancer Netw…
Lydia Ramsey
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Breast cancer drug drastically increased survival for patients with just months to live
A new drug therapy for breast cancer helped stop tumors from growing for twice as long as tradition…
Gabby Landsverk
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A new kind of treatment is working better than chemotherapy in some lung cancer patients
"Immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors will displace chemotherapy in yet another subset of patie…
Lydia Ramsey
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Bristol-Myers Squibb just claimed 'a breakthrough in cancer research' - but there's a catch
In a much-anticipated study, BMS showed how its drugs Opdivo and Yervoy stack up when treating lung…
Lydia Ramsey
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Cancer treatment is on the brink of a data revolution
Dr. Clifford Hudis, who oversees the breast medicine practice at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Ce…
Lydia Ramsey
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The very first human trial of a new approach to cancer treatment has scientists excited
To create the personalized treatments, scientists determined the unique genetic make-up of each pat…
Lauren F Friedman
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Alarming rise in lung cancer amongst non-smokers, women and youngsters - Study
The study conducted by a team led by Dr Arvind Kumar from Medanta hospital observed that an increas…