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Job Posting: AMPATH Hematology-Oncology Team Leader

Indiana University Center for Global Health and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center (IUSCCC) are seeking a BC/BE subspecialist in Medical Oncology, Hematology-Oncology, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Gynecologic Oncology, Radiation Oncology or other suitable o...

Last Chance: Book your Early-Bird Tickets Now

Dear Colleagues, It is my privilege to invite you to join the Meeting on Cancer and Oncology Research to be held on March 4th and 5th of 2019 at Marriott Hotel Al Jaddaf in Dubai, UAE. The aim of the meeting is to present the latest research achievements in the fields of Cancer, Cancer gene...

Opinion: A new model of distributed, accessible, affordable cancer care in India

"In order to change the current cancer care landscape in India, the Tata Trusts — one of India’s oldest, nonsectarian philanthropic organizations, which deploys funds towards a whole range of community development programs across — is working in partnership with multiple state governments and cen...

Vitrix Health, founded by two university students, are providing more affordable oral cancer screening to developing countries

Two University students are breaking traditional business models by making oral cancer screening technology affordable for areas around the world with fewer resources, starting in Argentina. Oral cancer rates are not improving in developing nations. According to a study done by the Journal of ...

Kerala’s cancer care facilities to be linked

The Health department has proposed the setting up of Kerala Cancer Care Grid (KCCG), a voluntary network of all cancer care facilities in public and private health sector hospitals, which will form “the backbone of cancer prevention in the State” and provide seamless cancer care, right from p...

Interview with Amit Dutt: How genetic data of Indian lung cancer patients can now help them get better treatment

Lung cancer is one of the leading causes of disease and death in India. About 63,000 new lung cancer cases are detected and about 52,000 people die of lung cancer every year in the country. As oncologists say, every cancer is different. Though lung cancer is often brought on by smoking tobacco th...

Scientists edit gene to kill cervical cancer cells

In a recent study, scientists at the Cancer Research Program, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) in Kerala, have devised a new approach that can edit genetic sequences, in cervical cancer cells that can knock out the cancer-causing gene and thus, serve as an alternative therapeutic appr...

Renowned geneticist speaks at Villanova University

In the not so far off future, you will carry your genetic profile with you to help doctors key in on a proper diagnosis and treatment. That was the assessment of Dr. Olufunmilayo Falusi Olopade, a University of Chicago researcher who was chosen by Villanova University as this year’s Mendel Med...

Diabetes and high BMI are risk factors for cancer: Study

Diabetes and high body mass index (BMI over 25 kg/m2) were the cause of 5.6% of new cancer cases worldwide in 2012 - equivalent to 7,92,600 cases, according to the first study to quantify the proportion of cancers due to these causes, published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal. ...

How Cervical ‘Selfies’ are Fighting Cancer in The Gambia

It’s not usually a good idea to take selfies of your private parts, but what if those photos could save your life? A new, tiny medical device is being used across Africa to detect cervical cancer from a mobile phone photograph. In Gambia, doctors are often in short supply, but nurses, midwive...

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