An endocrinologist in the US has knitted woollen caps for children with cancer and sent them to a hospital in the city where kids live for months for treatment. Meera Menon, who did her MBBS from Cal...

The treatment and screening of many cancer patients was delayed because of the Covid pandemic, said doctors. The disease could have got to an advanced stage because of the delay in treatment, wh...

Three cancer survivors will soon work as support staff in a hospital for cancer patients. The three were diagnosed with cancer at various times over the past 12 years. Their own experiences in battli...

The method utilises the body's own cells to load multiple drugs at the same time and reach tumour sites in significant concentrations...

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna, has become the first hospital in the state to couple surgery with chemotherapy in a simultaneous process to treat cancer.While usually in ca...

An apocryphal tale dating back to the Soviet era suggests that the dreary speeches of members of the Politburo were usually greeted with thunderous applause. The applause was the audience’s way of e...

Dr. Bernard Fisher, a University of Pittsburgh surgeon whose research transformed the way breast cancer is treated, bringing an end to the routine use of the debilitating radical mastectomy, died on W...

A cancer patient in Rajasthan's Jalore was left frustrated after being issued a permit that allowed him to travel to Ahmedabad for treatment while stating that he cannot come back .The matter was sort...

A rehabilitation centre for children with cancer aimed at helping them deal with physical pain and mental stress has come up at a hospital in Park Circus. Children have to put up with the pricks, pain...