Report commissioned by govt analysed cost-effectiveness of 2 medicines, comparing them to to chemo in patients with newly diagnosed advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
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.
It was most common form of cancer, affecting 1,92,020 women & killing 98,337 in country in 2022. Cancers of lips & oral cavity, cervix, lung cancer too accounted for chunk of cases.
Study on fine particulate matter 2.5 by researchers at Francis Crick Institute was presented at European Society of Medical Oncology congress & found mention in The Lancet Oncology.
Study by National Taiwan University College of Medicine which screened never-smokers based on family history, other risk factors identified a high baseline prevalence of lung cancer.
While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.
Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.
It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.
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