Breakthroughs That Can Help Breast Cancer Patients Improve Quality Of Life Oncologists are increasingly understanding that a one-size-fits-all approach is not the best way to treat breast cancer. Many factors play a role in selecting the best treatment path, including the disease stage, tumour biology and of course the patient’s preferences. Image: Shutterstock Another important […]

Study reveals why Black men with prostate cancer have greater survival benefits from … Black men die more often of prostate cancer yet, paradoxically, have greater survival benefits from immunotherapy treatment. A new Northwestern Medicine study discovered the reason appears to be an increase of a surprising type of immune cell in the tumor. The […]

Rhizen’s cancer drug Umbralisib gets USFDA nod: Alembic Pharma – The Economic Times Alembic Pharma on Tuesday said its associate company Rhizen Pharmaceuticals AG’s product Umbralisib, which was licensed to TG Therapeutics, has received approval from the US health regulator the drug for the treatment of certain forms of cancer. In a regulatory filing, Alembic […]

Alembic’s affiliate Rhizen bags US regulator nod for oral cancer drug In what could further boost Alembic Pharmaceutical’s oncology business, its co-owned clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Rhizen Pharmaceuticals AG has bagged US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) nod for an oral drug indicated in treating lymphoma. Umbralisib is indicated for treatment of adult patients with relapsed […]

Two-year-old girl, diagnosed with a rare type of cancer, gets successfully treated in Chennai hospital CHENNAI: Doctors at the Gleneagles Global Health City in Chennai successfully treated a 2-year-old from Assam, who was detected with a lesion in her mouth last year in April.  According to a statement from the hospital, even though the lesion […]

Orion and Bayer expand development program for darolutamide in prostate cancer ORION CORPORATION PRESS RELEASE 8 FEBRUARY 2021 at 14.00 EET                       Orion and Bayer expand development program for darolutamide in prostate cancer Phase III study ARANOTE to be initiated in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) assessing the novel androgen-receptor antagonist in combination with standard […]

Hologic taps Google Cloud for AI-driven cervical cancer screening collaboration Hologic has tapped Google Cloud to help elevate its digital pathology platforms for diagnosing cervical cancer with new artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. The medtech’s Genius cytology system digitally stacks 2D images of a patient’s cells to provide additional visual depth to glass Pap […]