Mangaluru: CODP observes National Cancer Awareness Day Media Release Mangaluru, Nov 12: Caritas India and CODP®, here, on November 10 organized Sparsha- Awareness on Cancer on the occasion of National Cancer Awareness Day at CODP. Resource person, Shilpa D Souza, explained to the participants the causes, symptoms and types of cancer. She mentioned the ratio […]

Training essential to understand cancer risks, address barriers facing LGBTQ individuals November 10, 2020 8 min read ADD TOPIC TO EMAIL ALERTS Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Subscribe ADDED TO EMAIL ALERTS We were unable […]

New model for predicting colon cancer risk in average risk individuals Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Nov 10 2020 Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine research scientists have developed and tested one of the first U.S.-based models to predict personal risk for advanced precancerous polyps and colon cancer in average risk individuals. Colorectal cancer […]

Fujitsu’s Fugaku supercomputer helps Tokyo university speed up cancer research Japan’s Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Fujitsu Laboratories have jointly announced that using Fujitsu’s Fugaku supercomputer has allowed them to achieve cancer gene analysis in less than a day, instead of months. The study, according to Fujitsu, is aimed at improving the understanding […]

Al Roker Diagnosis: Prostate Cancer Most Common Type for Men in US Al Roker announced last week he has prostate cancer. About 1 in 9 men in the United States will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in their lifetimes. Roker will undergo robotic-assisted surgery to treat the cancer. Al Roker, the “Today” show’s popular weatherperson […]

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A Talk with Your Doctor: Do I Really Need This Cancer Screening? When a recent article published by the National Cancer Institute reported that at least 50% of older adults had received at least one unnecessary cancer screening, Tessa Faye Flores, MD, Roswell Park’s Medical Director of Cancer Screening and Survivorship, was not surprised. Over-screening […]

Purses for PUNT helps families dealing with pediatric cancer [unable to retrieve full-text content] helps families dealing with pediatric cancer. Purses for P.U.N.T. is a fundraiser featuring new or gently used designer handbags. Proceeds help families …Published at Mon, 09 Nov 2020 03:45:00 +0000

Researchers repurpose antidepressant to treat childhood cancer Researchers have found that a commonly prescribed anti-depressant may impede the development of childhood sarcoma, a type of cancer. Researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Texas carried out the laboratory cell experiments on mice to understand the effect of the anti-depressant […]

Tracey Emin on her cancer: ‘I will find love. I will have exhibitions. I will enjoy my life. I will’ [unable to retrieve full-text content] As she recovers from a brutal summer of cancer treatment, Tracey Emin takes us round her new show – and imagines spending the next 30 years …Published at Mon, 09 Nov […]