Transforming India’s approach to cancer care
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
In India, a country with a vast population and a diverse socio-economic fabric, healthcare remains fraught with challenges including disparities in access. These socio-economic disparities are deep, and
<p>Order of the High Court of Kerala regarding exorbitant pricing of life saving patented medicines.</p> <p>The High Court wanted the opinion of the government of India on whether the breast cancer medicines
Cancer-causing benzene from oil refineries escaping into mostly minority and lower income neighborhoods exceeded the federal action level for 13 refineries across the U.S. in 2020, according to data from
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">India's cancer cases could increase by 12% in the next five years projects the National Cancer Registry Programme Report 2020, released by the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Centre for Disease Informatics and Research (ICMR). The country will have 13.9 lakh cancer cases in 2020, which will increase to 15.7 lakh by 2025. </span></p>
<p>A number of studies have reported on associations between reproductive factors, such as delivery methods, number of birth and breastfeeding, and incidence of cancer in children, but systematic reviews
<p>The World Health Organization (WHO) spells out the need to step up cancer services in low- and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase
<p><img alt="" src="https://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/cancer.jpg" style="width: 333px; height: 200px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />Global cancer burden is still increasing and if current
<p>The purpose of screening is to identify people in an apparently healthy population who are at higher risk of a health problem or a condition, so that an early treatment or inter¬vention can be offered
A parliamentary panel has urged the government to upgrade the infrastructure for cancer treatment and make it affordable by enlarging the network of a leading healthcare institute, as it expressed concern
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cancer Cases, 12/07/2019. As per the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) “Three-year Report of Population Based Cancer Registries: 2012-2014, Bengaluru, 2016”,
At least 32,987 Kenyans died of cancer in 2018 as revealed by a latest report on the extent the disease has ravaged the country. The report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
PATNA: Deaths from cervical cancer is common among women and vaccination at an early age can reduce its chances, experts said at a workshop organized by Indian Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology
Recent news that random bad luck plays a big role in cancer has been misinterpreted as bad news, when it’s actually very useful in helping humanity understand what cancer is and what can be done to prevent
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<p>The number of cancer survivors continues to increase in the United States because of the growth and aging of the population as well as advances in early detection and treatment.<a href="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/files/file/cancer-survivorship.pdf"
A collaboration between a British university and Indian institutions is helping improve the survival rates associated with childhood cancer in India. The collaboration between the University of Manchester
Under a set of revised guidelines, institution managements are also asked to ensure that no tobacco product is sold inside premises and in an area within 100 yards of such. The Union Health Ministry
Hyderabad: Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer (stomach) is the fourth most prevalent cancer in India. Last year, 57,394 new cases of GI cancer were documented in India. Early detection is the cornerstone of
France’s health and safety regulator has decided to ban a widely used crop fungicide after classifying it as a so-called endocrine disruptor posing risks for humans and the environment. The ANSES agency
Visakhapatnam: Ahead of World Digestive Health Day (May 29), doctors point out that gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are at times mis-diagnosed as digestive disorders or other stomach ailments thereby delaying