Breast Cancer
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: GHMC’s women sanitation employees to undergo breast cancer screening
Hyderabad: About 400 women sanitation employees of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will undergo free breast cancer screening. In an endeavour to reach out to vulnerable women employees, KIMS Hospital is organising…
- Opinions
Breast cancer: A tranquil in potential turmoil is not an impossibility
Breast cancer continues to be a major public health problem globally. India is no exception, breast cancer accounts 14 per cent of all cancers in Indian women, almost one in every four…
- Hyderabad
Breast cancer: Lack of early detection killing thousands of women every year
Hyderabad: Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers in India affecting one in 28 women and it is also the leading cause of cancer related deaths among women. Doctors of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Raj Bhavan turns pink for awareness on breast cancer
Hyderabad: Raj Bhavan, the official residence of Telangana Governor, was illuminated in pink for a third consecutive year on Monday to spread the message of hope and courage in the fight against…
- Health
Hyderabad: Monuments lighted in pink for breast cancer awareness months
Hyderabad: In recognition of the global breast cancer awareness month, in October, Hyderabad’s Ushalakshmi Breast Cancer Foundation (UBF) has planned to lighten up the city’s most notable monuments and historical places on…
- India
Tata hospital’s simple, low-cost intervention gives big hope to breast cancer patients
Mumbai: A clinical trial conducted at the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) has indicated that a simple, low-cost intervention can drastically increase the cure and survival rate among breast cancer patients, top officials…
- India
‘Every 8 minutes, a woman succumbs to breast cancer in India’
Hyderabad: Every eight minutes a woman succumbs to breast cancer in India and with 165,000 new cases being annually reported, breast cancer has overtaken cervical cancer to become the commonest cancer affecting…
- News
‘Revolutionary’ blood test to detect breast cancer at early stages
Hyderabad: Apollo Cancer Centres in association with Datar Cancer Genetics on Wednesday launched a ‘revolutionary’ blood test that can detect breast cancers at early stages in asymptomatic individuals with high accuracy, thus…
- Telangana
Breast cancer cases have increased in Telangana: NCD training
Hyderabad: According to Telangana’s non-communicable diseases (NCD) training, breast cancer cases have increased in the state. Rajanna-Sircilla and Warangal registered the highest number of cases. Sircilla had 166 incidences of breast cancer,…
- Photos
Charminar lit up for International Breast Cancer Awareness month
Hyderabad: The Charminar gets lit up from time to time for various occasions like Independence Day or Republic Day. With October starting, International Breast Cancer Awareness month is no exception. To raise…
- News
Doctors must stress the importance of smoking, cancer screening: Study
Washington: Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women and more advanced disease once the cancer is diagnosed, reveals research. The research was published in the online journal…
- Health
Fasting diet with hormone therapy may help treat breast cancer, study explains
Milan: Fasting-mimicking diet combined with hormone therapy has the potential to help treat breast cancer, according to a USC-led team of international scientists. In studies on mice and in two small breast…
- Health
New nano-drug candidate kills destructive breast cancer cells
New York: Researchers have developed a new nano-drug candidate that kills triple-negative breast cancer cells, which is one of the most aggressive and fatal types of breast cancer. The study, published in the…
- Health
New potential breast cancer drug identified
Scientists, including an Indian-American researcher, have identified a molecule that can help treat breast cancer, giving hope to patients who have become resistant to traditional therapies. The first-in-class molecule shuts down oestrogen-sensitive…
- Health
Intake of dairy milk linked to a higher risk of breast cancer
Washington: Intake of dairy milk is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer among women, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University Health. The study published…
