Bengaluru: HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd launched the HCG Care app for the oncology care space. The app is designed to make expert, individualised cancer care easily, continuously and proactively accessible to cancer patients from wherever they are located (or even on the move). The app offers comprehensive digitalised services in cancer care on one integrated … Read more
Compliance with pain medicines between mobile-app based and conventional prescription groups NEW DELHI: A smart phone app — UPPCHAR, an AI-based health education system, developed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for supportive care for advanced cancer patients on medication adherence — has shown good results in effectively enhancing medication compliance among patients. … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: For the first time in state, robotic surgery for cancer treatment is going to be a reality, that too in the government sector, at Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram. At present robotic surgery for cancer treatment is available only in large-scale hospitals in the nation and in foreign countries. Chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan will … Read more
File image for representation. | Photo Credit: REUTERS A situational analysis of childhood cancer care in India has found that services are concentrated at the tertiary level, and there are gaps in the availability of specialised paediatric oncology care in all tertiary hospitals. Additionally, the availability of childhood cancer care services is higher in private … Read more
Madurai: Indian Association of Surgical Oncology (IASO), together with the Department of Surgical Oncology- Madurai Medical College, Tamil Nadu Association of Surgical Oncologists (TASO) and Intuitive India conducted a national conference on surgical oncology in Madurai. IASO NATCON 2022, the 35th annual conference of the Indian Association of Surgical Oncology, was inaugurated by Dr Ashok … Read more
If you’ve been diagnosed with cancer and are among the 1 in 5 Americans who live in a rural area, you may face challenges in getting the care you need because of where you live. The first step is to work with your primary care doctor to find specialists with experience in treating your type … Read more
False claims on the internet that cancer is a death sentence are not true. In fact, despite the sobering statistics, cancer is not always terminal. As scientists understand cancer better and develop improved treatments, recovery rates continue to improve. By Dr. Shivani Sharma It is estimated that India could witness more than 1,00,000 cancer-related death … Read more
Aug. 4, 2021 — Gaming technology has inspired a new virtual cancer tracker that developers have named Theia after the Greek goddess of sight and clairvoyance. Two-dimensional technology can already generate models from sets of data from millions of cells. But a pivot to three-dimensional cancer modeling will allow researchers to extract insights not … Read more