Prerna launches CANTEL™: A MicroRNA-based blood test for breast cancer screeningPrecisionRNA Biotech from Hyderabad has launched Cantel, a new microRNA blood test for breast cancer screening. This test offers a simple a...
ICMR proposes revised version of National Essential Diagnostics ListThe ICMR has proposed a revised National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL), detailing diagnostic tests for various healthcare levels. Villa...
New flexible X-ray detectors may revolutionise cancer treatment: Study"This new material is flexible, low-cost, and sensitive. But what's exciting is that this material is tissue equivalent. This paves the way...
AI-supported breast tumour screening detected more cancers, cut radiologists' workload: studyCalled the Mammography Screening with Artificial Intelligence (MASAI) trial, the study said it was the first randomised controlled trial ev...
Healthcare professionals should serve in districts, villages: Mansukh MandaviyaUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has urged Rishikesh to develop its own health model, aligned with the genetics and disease patterns...
Barco launches improved healthcare diagnostic displayBarco’s Nio Fusion has a 12MP screen resolution, which makes it suitable for multiple PACS images and breast imaging modalities including b...
Oral cavity & lungs cancer common in Indian men, women suffer from cervix & breast tumourPoor survival rate can be attributed to a delay in diagnosis, poor availability and access to treatment centres.
Breast cancer can affect young women: Screening doesn't always help, try these 4 guidelinesFor the early detection of breast cancer, women under 40 should avoid regular mammograms.
New pill helps in breast cancer diagnosis, 'lights up' tumours when exposed to infraredThis will also pave the way for an effective diagnosis as mammography is an imprecise tool.
WCD ministry suggests medical cards for fighting breast cancerWCD Minister Maneka Gandhi today said mammography scares women and underlined the need to fight the stigma attached to cancer.
Screening tests are not validated or tested: Dr Shalaka Joshi, Tata Memorial Hospital, MumbaiIf you were to do an autopsy of women who died of road accidents you might see that 7-8% will have breast cancer if you look extensively lo...
Ultrasound effective in detecting breast cancer: StudyWhile mammography is an effective method in detecting breast cancer in developed countries, it is not common in less developed nations.
Companies like Siemens and Philips come forward to spread awareness on breast cancerSiemens has set up a pink photo booth at its Mumbai office wherein male employees dropped in to click pictures with a pink BCA backdrop.
Genetic testing poised to take off in India, but is it accurate?Errors are not unknown in many clinical tests, including some of the most common ones. So we should not be surprised if there were a few in...
- Doctor's 6-point formula to win fight against cancer
Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the bestselling 'The Emperor of Maladies: A Biography of Cancer', has a six-point formula to help India ...
- Core Projects in content delivery deal with US co
Core Projects & Technologies has inked an agreement with the Center of Higher Learning, US, for of curriculum and content delivery.
- Fuji to challenge GE in mammography equipment
Fuji Photo Film is challenging General Electric's dominance of the US market for digital breast-cancer detectors after it received permissi...