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Topic: Cancer

84% breast cancer patients have catastrophic health spend despite reimbursement — Tata Memorial study

Median & mean out-of-pocket expenditure are Rs 1,26,988 and Rs 1,86,461, respectively, find researchers at Tata Memorial Centre & International Institute for Population Sciences.

IIT Delhi announces 2 breakthrough tech projects for cancer and pathogen detection

The government-sponsored project is being carried out by the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer at IIT Delhi.

Antifungals sold as chemo, top hospitals’ staff involved — Delhi fake cancer drugs case chargesheet

Delhi Police Crime Branch says 12 accused who worked at various Delhi & Gurugram hospitals made crores duping cancer patients, puts on record seizures, WhatsApp chats, money transactions.

IISER researchers discover potential for colorectal cancer treatment in enzyme that ‘plays dead’

An IISER Kolkata team pieced together how autoinhibition of surface receptor protein VEGFR1 works to prevent a cell from becoming malignant. Study published in Nature Communications.

Senior Assam police officer shoots himself dead minutes after wife passes away due to cancer

Shiladitya Chetia was serving as home and political department secretary in the Assam govt. His wife had been admitted in Guwahati's Nemcare Super Specialty Hospital for past 4 months.

Fatal liver cancers growing far more rapidly among Indian women than men, shows latest review

Review published in Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology also finds Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala & Goa are the new hotspots for the most common type of liver cancer.

Your belly button is a crystal ball for diagnosing illness—cancer to cirrhosis

Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey, a surgical assistant, noted in the 1920s that some patients with metastatic cancer had a new palpable swelling or nodule in their navel.

Indian women need cancer screening, not just mangalsutras and gas cylinders

Two of the top three killers among women – breast and cervical cancer – can be identified at an early and treatable stage if a regular screening routine is put in place for all women.

Why bladder cancer is considered highly lethal, one of most expensive malignancies to treat

Incidence is higher in males than females with relative incidence being 4:1 in most urban population-based cancer registries, says ICMR. BJP's Sushil Modi was diagnosed with it.

Why is cancer called cancer? Greco-Roman history holds the answer

In the late fifth and early fourth century BC, doctors used karkinos – the ancient Greek word for crab – to describe malignant tumours.

On Camera

Skin cancer is no more an ‘old person’s disease’

The sun isn’t acting alone—it has an accomplice in pollution. Environmental toxins weaken our skin’s natural barrier.

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.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

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.