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In a significant development for local healthcare, the Government General Hospital in Mancherial administered its first chemotherapy cycle at its newly established cancer care centre. A lung cancer patient from Thallapet received treatment under the supervision of GGH doctors, having previously undergone cycles in Hyderabad.

Health Minister Damodara Rajanarasimha inaugurated 34 day care cancer centres across Telangana and announced the rollout of mobile screening vehicles to improve early diagnosis. The centres will offer screening, diagnosis, chemotherapy, and palliative care, with plans to establish regional cancer hubs in all 10 erstwhile districts.

Today, on World Cancer Day, we come together to raise awareness, promote early detection and encourage prevention.

The actor underwent surgery at a hospital in Miami, US, where his cancerous bladder was removed. According to the surgeon, Dr Murugesh Manoharan, an artificial bladder was created using Shivarajkumar’s intestine.

The government teaching hospitals do not have exclusive super-specialty departments dedicated to minimally invasive surgeries.

Less surgery, less chemotherapy or less radiation can help patients feel better, says doctors at cancer conference

The two genes were shown to actively "work" in the majority of human cancer types, suggesting that the discoveries might apply to additional malignancies with high quantities of the genes

A fire broke out at a state-run hospital in Odisha's Balasore district on Monday, triggering panic among patients and their relatives.

There are some classic symptoms of lung cancer that are generally not a cause for worry but should be evaluated in old age.

Laying the foundation stone for a 100-bed hospital at Choutuppal, which was taken up with an estimated cost of Rs.36 crore, Harish Rao said cancer patients required 30 to 40 sittings of chemotherapy as part of treatment.

Harish Rao said the treatment would be provided free of cost and the facility at Siddipet Hospital will provide great relief to the patients financially

Washington: According to researchers working to develop a cure for brain cancer, the deadliest type of the disease returns because tumours adapt to therapy by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue. A new study, by a global team including University of Leeds experts, has found that in response to treatment, high-grade gliomas appear to remodel […]

Cancer, the emperor of maladies, is considered the last frontier of medical knowledge, posing complex challenges that researchers are yet to overcome. It’s still largely a losing battle for humanity, despite tremendous strides made in the medical field. However, a recent drug trial, conducted in the United States, has brought cheers to the patients and […]

Doctors from Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals presented an exponential data of at least 100 women out of 150 women (who presented in the last year) with breast cancer but postponed appointments due to fear.

Hyderabad: Brazilian soccer great Pelé was released from a Sao Paulo hospital but will continue being treated for a colon tumor. “Edson Arantes do Nascimento was discharged from the Israelita Albert Einstein on Thursday,” the hospital said in a statement. Pelé, 81, was hospitalized at the start of December for sessions of chemotherapy Now you […]

Washington: A new study has found that chemotherapy may also affect the way the body builds new muscle.The findings of the study were published in the ‘American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology’. According to the researchers, it was previously known that chemotherapy drugs can affect the mitochondria within cells, which can cause the loss of muscle […]

Selena opened up about her past struggles and not losing herself to the magazine.

The actor took the opportunity to urge all men to get early screenings in order to battle it with an early diagnosis.

"Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive human malignancies, with an overall med ian survival that is less than five months," says cancer biologist Yutaka Kondo of Nagoya University

With an enthusiastic push from the civic bodies, we are slowly but steadily approaching our target goals