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Management Strategies In Immunotherapy For Cancer Patients
- Wednesday July 3, 2024
- Dr. Kshitij Domadia
From monitoring treatment response to managing immune-related adverse events (irAEs), healthcare providers must navigate a complex landscape to optimize patient outcomes.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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New Hope For Bowel Cancer: Immunotherapy Drug Offers Cure Without Surgery
- Tuesday June 4, 2024
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
A groundbreaking immunotherapy drug, Pembrolizumab (Keytruda), shows promising results in treating bowel cancer by targeting specific immune cell proteins.
- www.ndtv.com
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UK Woman Wrongly Diagnosed With Cancer For Two Years, Wins Compensation
- Thursday October 19, 2023
- Offbeat | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Megan was told she had been wrongly diagnosed with cancer after undergoing almost two years of treatment and egg preservation.
- www.ndtv.com
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Cancer: Signs & Symptoms of Mouth Cancer One Must Not Ignore
- Tuesday February 14, 2023
- Dr. P Subramanya Rao
Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy have all made advancements that have made treatments even more effective while causing less side effects.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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World Cancer Day 2021: Is Immunotherapy Changing The Future Of Lung Cancer?
- Wednesday February 3, 2021
- Dr Shuaib Zaidi
In progressive lung cancer, chemotherapy gives modest advantage as most of the patients survive only a few months to a year. Chemotherapy can't be considered as a standard of care. Now, immunotherapy is changing the scenario of lung cancer treatment.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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What To Do When A Cancer Patient Tests Positive For COVID-19?
- Wednesday December 23, 2020
- Dr Krishna Prasad
Anti-cancer treatments like chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy have an adverse effect on the immunity status of a cancer patient making them prone to the infection and also worse outcomes if they have COVID-19.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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Lung Cancer - Targeted Therapy Brings New Hope For Its Treatment, Says Expert
- Wednesday December 9, 2020
- Dr Salil Patkar
Targeted therapies use drugs or other substances to 'target' the cancer cells more precisely and avoid any damage to surrounding normal cells. Targeted therapy iseffective for non-small cell lung cancer.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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US Pharma Firm Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Produces Antibodies In Mice, Guinea Pigs
- Wednesday May 20, 2020
- World News | Reuters
US immunotherapy company Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc on Wednesday said its experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection was shown to produce protective antibodies and immune system responses in mice and guinea pigs.
- www.ndtv.com
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"Our Economic Cancer Needs...": Biocon Chief Kiran Shaw Ahead Of Budget
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Biocon chief Kiran Shaw tweeted ahead of the Union Budget - to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman -, describing the slowdown as "cancer" and urging the government to treat it with "immunotherapy not chemotherapy"
- www.ndtv.com
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Study Finds 'Helper' Cells That Can Kill Cancerous Tumours
- Wednesday January 8, 2020
- Health | IANS
According to the study, T cells are a subset of lymphocytes (white blood cells), which play a key role in the body's immune response. In immunotherapy T cells are modified and used to attack cancer. These cells move around our bodies, looking for infected cells and killing them.
- www.ndtv.com
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Researchers Now A Step Closer To Potential New Cancer Treatment
- Thursday December 12, 2019
- Health | ANI
A potential new cancer immunotherapy target that involves switching off a regulatory cell to stop tumours growing and spreading has been developed by researchers.
- www.ndtv.com
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Allergies: Here's Why You Should Take Them Seriously
- Saturday November 2, 2019
- Dr. P. Srinivasan
Allergies: Do you have allergies? Do they affect you on a daily basis? Then you have landed at the right place. Dr. P. Srinivasan tells everything about allergies and why early diagnosis is the key to managing them in the long run.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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Chinese Scientists Develop Tumour-Specific Anti-Cancer Therapy
- Saturday July 13, 2019
- IANS
A team led by Wang Dangge from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fudan University developed a common immune checkpoint inhibitor in a nanoparticle formulation, which is highly tumor-specific.
- doctor.ndtv.com
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Study Claims That Children Who Are Allergic To Peanuts Can Go For Oral Immunotherapy
- Monday April 22, 2019
- NDTV Food
A study was recently conducted to ascertain if preschoolers who are allergic to peanuts could be given oral immunotherapy (OIT) to build their immunity.
- food.ndtv.com
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Management Strategies In Immunotherapy For Cancer Patients
- Wednesday July 3, 2024
- Dr. Kshitij Domadia
From monitoring treatment response to managing immune-related adverse events (irAEs), healthcare providers must navigate a complex landscape to optimize patient outcomes.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
New Hope For Bowel Cancer: Immunotherapy Drug Offers Cure Without Surgery
- Tuesday June 4, 2024
- Science | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
A groundbreaking immunotherapy drug, Pembrolizumab (Keytruda), shows promising results in treating bowel cancer by targeting specific immune cell proteins.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UK Woman Wrongly Diagnosed With Cancer For Two Years, Wins Compensation
- Thursday October 19, 2023
- Offbeat | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
Megan was told she had been wrongly diagnosed with cancer after undergoing almost two years of treatment and egg preservation.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Cancer: Signs & Symptoms of Mouth Cancer One Must Not Ignore
- Tuesday February 14, 2023
- Dr. P Subramanya Rao
Radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy have all made advancements that have made treatments even more effective while causing less side effects.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
World Cancer Day 2021: Is Immunotherapy Changing The Future Of Lung Cancer?
- Wednesday February 3, 2021
- Dr Shuaib Zaidi
In progressive lung cancer, chemotherapy gives modest advantage as most of the patients survive only a few months to a year. Chemotherapy can't be considered as a standard of care. Now, immunotherapy is changing the scenario of lung cancer treatment.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
What To Do When A Cancer Patient Tests Positive For COVID-19?
- Wednesday December 23, 2020
- Dr Krishna Prasad
Anti-cancer treatments like chemotherapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy have an adverse effect on the immunity status of a cancer patient making them prone to the infection and also worse outcomes if they have COVID-19.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
Lung Cancer - Targeted Therapy Brings New Hope For Its Treatment, Says Expert
- Wednesday December 9, 2020
- Dr Salil Patkar
Targeted therapies use drugs or other substances to 'target' the cancer cells more precisely and avoid any damage to surrounding normal cells. Targeted therapy iseffective for non-small cell lung cancer.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
US Pharma Firm Says Its COVID-19 Vaccine Produces Antibodies In Mice, Guinea Pigs
- Wednesday May 20, 2020
- World News | Reuters
US immunotherapy company Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc on Wednesday said its experimental vaccine to prevent coronavirus infection was shown to produce protective antibodies and immune system responses in mice and guinea pigs.
- www.ndtv.com
-
"Our Economic Cancer Needs...": Biocon Chief Kiran Shaw Ahead Of Budget
- Saturday February 1, 2020
- India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Biocon chief Kiran Shaw tweeted ahead of the Union Budget - to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman -, describing the slowdown as "cancer" and urging the government to treat it with "immunotherapy not chemotherapy"
- www.ndtv.com
-
Study Finds 'Helper' Cells That Can Kill Cancerous Tumours
- Wednesday January 8, 2020
- Health | IANS
According to the study, T cells are a subset of lymphocytes (white blood cells), which play a key role in the body's immune response. In immunotherapy T cells are modified and used to attack cancer. These cells move around our bodies, looking for infected cells and killing them.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Researchers Now A Step Closer To Potential New Cancer Treatment
- Thursday December 12, 2019
- Health | ANI
A potential new cancer immunotherapy target that involves switching off a regulatory cell to stop tumours growing and spreading has been developed by researchers.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Allergies: Here's Why You Should Take Them Seriously
- Saturday November 2, 2019
- Dr. P. Srinivasan
Allergies: Do you have allergies? Do they affect you on a daily basis? Then you have landed at the right place. Dr. P. Srinivasan tells everything about allergies and why early diagnosis is the key to managing them in the long run.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Scientists Develop Tumour-Specific Anti-Cancer Therapy
- Saturday July 13, 2019
- IANS
A team led by Wang Dangge from Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fudan University developed a common immune checkpoint inhibitor in a nanoparticle formulation, which is highly tumor-specific.
- doctor.ndtv.com
-
Study Claims That Children Who Are Allergic To Peanuts Can Go For Oral Immunotherapy
- Monday April 22, 2019
- NDTV Food
A study was recently conducted to ascertain if preschoolers who are allergic to peanuts could be given oral immunotherapy (OIT) to build their immunity.
- food.ndtv.com