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Topic: breast cancer

Tata Memorial Centre starts large-scale breast cancer genome sequencing project

The genomic data will help build an integrated profile of breast cancer tumors, while a nationwide registry could bring cancer data from across India under one framework.

Chemotherapy or hormone therapy? New test can tell what breast cancer patients need

The most promising outcome of the test, developed by the University of North Carolina, was that over 68% of patients with clinically high-risk breast cancer could safely forgo chemotherapy entirely.

In Delhi’s only govt-run cancer hospital, the poor wait months for tests & Rs 15 crore machine lies idle

Delhi High Court last week flagged 'gross waste of public resources' at Delhi State Cancer Institute, taking note of Rs 15.42 crore PET cyclotron machine lying non-functional for years.

GLP-1s linked to 30% lower risk of breast cancer, says American study

The study observed 1,11,646 women aged 45 to 80 years, with a BMI of greater than or equal to 25, and a documented imaging outcome.

Trained on Indian patients’ data, how an AI tool can improve breast & ovarian cancer diagnosis, treatment

The AI platform integrates pathology findings, imaging data, lab results and clinical history, and then analyses combined dataset to identify patterns for faster clinical decision-making.

Cervical cancer falling, breast and oral cancers rising: ICMR analysis shows a split in India’s trend

ICMR study highlights contrasting cancer trends in India between 1998 and 2017, reflecting shifts in lifestyle and health interventions.

India’s breast cancer burden has increased five-fold since 1990. Global tally may triple by 2050

India logged nearly 2.03 lakh new cases in 2023, marking a 477.8 percent rise compared to 1990. Deaths reached 1.02 lakh, a 352.3 percent increase.

AI mammograms detect more cancers, cut later diagnoses by 12%—Swedish trial of 1 lakh women

Study involved over 1 lakh women who were randomly assigned to either AI-supported breast cancer screening or standard screening without AI & followed up over 2 yrs. Median age was 54.

Should you get screened for breast cancer annually? New study by US scientists suggests better approach

US researchers conducted a trial of over 28,000 women aged 40-74 to find an effective way of distributing breast cancer screening resources. Results published in JAMA on 12 Dec.

Cancer striking and claiming more lives among Indian women than men, shows ICMR study

An analysis by scientists from Indian Council of Medical Research, published in The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia, examines cancer data from 2013 to 2022.

On Camera

Tukaram Mundhe shows food is a big issue in India. Just not in the way BJP thought it was

Does it really harm anyone if a man in Kolkata enjoys his beef biryani? Of course not. But it does harm us when we eat dangerously unsafe food.

India bars JPMorgan unit for alleged market manipulation

SEBI board member Kamlesh Varshney alleged Copthall Mauritius Investment and Mansi Share and Stock Broking over manipulative trading pattern on a newly launched ​closing-price mechanism.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman