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Topic: Cancer

Gender skew in cancer diagnosis? Just 1 in 3 child patients in Delhi & 2 of 5 in Chennai are girls

A study published in The Lancet Oncology has found a significant skew in favour of male children getting diagnosed with cancer and thus receiving treatment.

Swiss researchers may have found a new way to ferry cancer drugs to tumours — ‘magnetic’ bacteria

Scientists from ETH Zurich demonstrate how movements of bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum can be controlled by magnets from outside body. Findings published in Science Robotics.

Unilever recalls dry shampoo of brands, including Dove & TRESemme, over cancer risks

In a notice posted on FDA website, Unilever US issued a voluntary product recall to the consumer level of select lot codes of dry shampoo aerosol items produced before October 2021.

Why women with stage 4 breast cancer deserve more than unrelatable pink ribbons

Many women with metastatic breast cancer feel that little is done to showcase the less optimistic and more frightening aspects of the disease.

Is your blood type A? You may face higher risk of a stroke early in life, find US researchers

In paper published in journal Neurology, researchers from University of Maryland link blood groups to risk of early stroke. Risk lowest among people with blood type O, they say.

Cryoneurolysis — a new way to relieve intractable pain

The cryoneurolysis is a non-surgical interventional pain management technique that is used when medicines have failed to give adequate pain relief and where surgery cannot be done.

Smoking, alcohol & high BMI among biggest risk factors linked to cancer death, says Lancet study

Researchers used data from GBD 2019 study to analyse role of 34 risk factors in deaths and ill health associated with 23 cancer types.

After Covid, mRNA vaccine for cancer? US researchers report initial success against melanoma

Mice treated with the mRNA vaccine, delivered like ones for Covid, showed reduction in tumours & long-term immune memory, says study by Tufts University researchers published in PNAS.

Fujifilm launches AI-powered health centre in Gurugram that can screen for 10 types of cancer

Known as the NURA health centre, the facility also screens for lifestyle diseases. A full-body screening package at the centre costs Rs 18,000.

Experimental drug shows success in advanced breast cancer patients, better than standard chemo

Trastuzumab deruxtecan helped check cancer growth in even those with low levels of protein that cancer drugs target. Tumours didn't grow for at least 10 months, compared to average 5 in chemotherapy.

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.