Metabolic footprints of cancer cells may help in early diagnosis, shows study

Isotopic markers of cancer cells may make the disease detectable through blood tests, reseachers claim

Run-up to Ottawa: Plastic may contribute to aggressive cancer spread, warns leading cancer scientist

New research comes ahead of INC-4 negotiations in Canada over Global Plastics Treaty

Hepatitis B is a public health concern in India; but very few know about its transmission, effects & vaccination

Misconceptions and insufficient education on Hepatitis B are widespread; they necessitate targeted information campaigns, finds Sir Ganga Ram …

United States bans white asbestos, last of its kind still in use

Chrysotile asbestos used in chlor-alkali industry to make water treatment chemicals, chlorine bleach, caustic soda

What is the ‘aid in dying’ bill that France is considering? 

The medical option will only be provided to adults, except those with psychiatric conditions and disorders like Alzeihmer’s

Drug cures rectal cancer patients in new trial. Will this impact current course of treatment?

Patients part of the study didn't require any chemotherapy or surgery

Colonoscopy is still the most recommended screening for colorectal cancer, despite conflicting headlines and flawed interpretations of a new study

Those at higher risk are advised to get screened by a colonoscopy

India’s cancer burden: Cases & deaths increased last decade, COVID-19 widens screening gap

Globally, cancer cases increased 21% and deaths 26% from 2010-2019

Cancer treatment breakthrough: India's homegrown CAR-T cell therapy, a form of immunotherapy, gets market authorisation

It is a major breakthrough as the therapy is not available in India outside of clinical trials

Simply Put: Punjab cancer burden

Cancer-causing benzene from United States refineries exceeded federal limits in 2021: Analysis 

Over six million people live within three miles of a refinery in US

What needs to happen for better cancer prevention and control in Kenya

major weakness: Bringing sectors together for stronger policies

Delhi tops in Asia among childhood cancers in boys in 0-14 yrs age group

Ratio of cancer in children to overall cancer cases declines marginally

Look back at the decade: Generic drugs

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts

India had the second highest number of cancer deaths in Asia in 2019: Lancet

Apart from tobacco smoking and ambient air pollution, high prevalence of smokeless tobacco public health concern in South Asian countries 

Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel

The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment

Diet, lifestyle, environmental changes linked to massive cancer cases spike in under-50 adults globally

79% surge in cancer cases from 1990 to 2019, finds report

'Childhood cancers doubled in Delhi in 25 years, when city's air quality also became toxic'

Manas Ranjan Ray, former assistant director & head, department of experimental haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, …

A third of non-melanoma skin cancer deaths caused by working under sun

Estimates from WHO, ILO call for protecting workers from hazardous outdoor work in the sun

New technique may help quicken production of blood cancer drug

Henrietta Lacks, whose cells led to path-breaking medical advances, receives posthumous WHO award

The scientific community hid her race and story for years   

Health in news on May 3

A round-up of what's new in health 

World Cancer Day: Southeast Asia should strengthen diagnosis, treatment, palliative care tools

Cervical cancer is the second-most prevalent in southeast Asia

Health in news on June 6

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on health

First ‘Made in India’ cervical cancer vaccine in offing

Vaccine to be launched after adequate doses manufactured for distribution