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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicBreast cancer

Topic: breast cancer

Detection is key for breast cancer patients. AI can make it more accessible and affordable

Over 90,000 women die in India every year from breast cancer. One of the major reasons is that most of them are in the later stages of the disease.

Biocon Biologics joins Novartis, Pfizer to distribute cancer drugs in lower-income countries

Biocon Biologics partnered with international organisations to enhance access to life-saving cancer drugs for patients, especially in Sub-Saharan and Asian regions.

Presence of phthalates in diapers worrying, may be linked to diabetes, cancer, says study

The study says that although there are regulations in place for phthalates in plastic toys in India, there are no such regulations for diapers.

27.1% of India’s all cancer cases in 2020 will be tobacco-related, ICMR report estimates

The National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020 also says incidence of breast cancer is on the rise while cervical cancer is on the decline.

Early-stage breast cancer treatment to cost 10 yrs of average annual wages in India: WHO

Cancer medicines are globally unavailable & unaffordable to vast majority of people without insurance coverage or financial protection, WHO says in World Cancer Report.

Artificial Intelligence can spot breast cancer better than doctors, finds Google study

Based on a study published in 2018 a Google research found how AI can be used to tell whether breast cancer had spread to surrounding lymph nodes, helping pathologists make more accurate diagnoses.

India gets new breast cancer treatment that could increase survival odds

Experts say AccuBoost technique could prevent relapse by nearly 50% but warn that studies are needed to test efficacy. India's first device will be installed at Apollo Delhi.

Breast cancer is still the biggest killer in India, shows study

Globocan 2018 report says between 2012 and 2018, India saw 11,57,294 new cancer cases. On World Cancer Day, experts say lack of access to treatment remains a challenge.

On Camera

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.