Even moderate drinking of one-two drinks per day raises cancer risk, say oncologists. New data suggests link of alcohol with cancers of skin, endometrium, ovary, prostate & blood.
Question has been topic of heated discussion after Congress leader Navjot Sidhu claimed dietary changes helped his wife beat late-stage cancer. Tata Memorial Centre itself refuted it.
Definite steps are now being taken to understand the profile of cancer in the Indian population. Expect rapid progress in cancer care in India in the coming years.
The programme is an extension of the US Cancer Moonshot initiative started in 2016. It aims to strengthen the overall cancer care ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific.
The data portal by Indian Cancer Genome Atlas Foundation currently has data from 50 breast cancer patients & will expand to 500 patients. It'll also include more cancer types soon.
In head-to-head clinical trial, Chinese firm Akeso’s ivonescimab beat top-selling drug pembrolizumab sold as Keytruda by Merck. Ivonescimab reduced risk of tumour progression by 49%.
Centre moves to reduce costs of trastuzumab deruxtecan, osimertinib & durvalumab, all 3 by British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca. Doctors seek exemptions for more such drugs.
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.
A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.
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.
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