The study has been led by experts from Yale University. The findings of the study also have been presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting.
Non-Communicable Diseases take maximum life worldwide. WHO data shows an increase in death due to non-communicable diseases. As per the latest WHO data, 74 per cent of total global deaths in 2019 were due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The four major NCDs are cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic respiratory disease, and diabetes. These NCDs collectively killed …
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The new mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer has been developed by German drug maker BioNTech that developed one of the first COVID-19 shots with Pfizer.
Experts say that the risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer shoots up aggressively with age. Around 70 per cent of all prostate cancers occur among men who are above the age of 60 years.
India has the highest oral cavity cancer burden with 1,19,992 new cases and 72,616 deaths. This seems to be related to the widespread use of tobacco in India.
The diagnosis of colorectal cancers is made by doing serum tumour marker-CEA, lower GI endoscopy or ultrasonogram endoscopy and biopsy. Additional imaging with a CT scan or MRI can assist in the staging of the loco-regional disease.
In CLL we may adopt an approach of wait and watch in the indolent phase of disease whereas in aggressive phase we may treat with multi-agent chemotherapy.