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India's healthcare transformed in 12 years under PM Modi: ReportIndia's healthcare sector has seen a major transformation over the last 12 years. Health insurance coverage has expanded significantly. Mat...
India faces a silent cervical cancer crisis: Every 8 minutes, a woman dies, but HPV vaccine and early screening could prevent itThe National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS) has recommended categorising cancer as a notifiable disease to improve prevention and treat...
PM Modi pledges USD 7.5 million to Quad Cancer Moonshot to battle cervical cancerPrime Minister Narendra Modi announced a USD 7.5 million support for cervical cancer sampling kits, detection kits, and vaccines at the Can...
What is Cervical Cancer, risk factors, and preventionsCervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer in India and allegedly caused the death of Poonam Pandey. The Indian government has ann...
Immunotherapy can stall the growth of malignant cells in cervical cancer patients: StudyIn India, cervical cancer is the second most common in women, making up close to 18 per cent of the new cancer cases, the International Age...
About 52 per cent cases of cervical cancer diagnosed from 2012-15 survived: Lancet StudyA study analyzing data from Population Based Cancer Registries (PBCRs) in India found that approximately 52% of cervical cancer cases diagn...
Diabetes hampers response to cervical cancer treatment, new study revealsA study by the Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) found that cervical cancer patients with diabetes, especially when combined with hyperte...
India records 1 in 5 cervical cancer cases: Learn more about causes, symptoms and treatments availableCervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus.
HPV vaccine helps fight cervical cancer in older women, says studyA study suggests that giving injections to women who are going for treatment of precancerous lesions may reduce the risk of it happening ag...
India gets its first cervical cancer vaccine; women in their 30s remain vulnerable, must get regular check-ups doneAdar Poonawalla said that the 'affordable' qHPV will be launched later this year.
WHO aims to reduce cervical cancer cases by 40% & save 5 mn lives by 2050The agency said that the disease strikes at least 570,000 each year and kills 311,000.
Urine screening may be as effective as smear test in preventing cervical cancerAround one in 20 women show abnormal changes which might go on to become cancer and are referred for colposcopy.
This new drug can kill tumour from inside; promises treatment for six forms of cancerThe drug, called tisotumab vedotin (TV), releases a toxic substance to kill cancer cells from within.
About 122,000 women are afflicted with cervical cancer each year. Have you got yourself tested yet?It affects the lowermost segment of the uterus and is the second most common cancer affecting women in the reproductive age-group of 15-44 ...
Here's how you can prevent cervical cancerCervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women the world over and India has the largest burden of cervical cancer patients i...
Row over clinical trial as 254 Indian women dieThe trial was for a cervical cancer screening method and the women who died were part of a control group kept without screening to study de...
India launches its indigenous cervical cancer screening deviceIndia launched its first indigenously developed device for screening and early detection of cervical cancer, which kills over 74,000 women ...
Indian doctors develop low-cost screening for cervical cancerThe procedure, involving use of vinegar, curbed the deaths caused by the cancer by 31 percent in a group of 1.5 lakh women, it said.
- India tops cervical cancer deaths: US study
With nearly 73,000 women dying every year, India now tops the world in cervical cancer deaths according to a new report.
- 'Simple tech to identify cancer could save millions'
A cheap method to detect cervical cancer using vinegar, cotton gauze and a bright light could save millions of women worldwide, experts rep...