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Fighting the Big C: How cancer is as much a physical health issue as it mental

Studies suggest that patients with cancer require tailored mental health monitoring and care

Drug affordability imperative to ensure cancer patients benefit from cutting-edge therapies

Cancer is one of the world's major causes of illness, especially in low- and middle-income nations and hence introducing affordable and effective cancer treatments is a matter of life and death

Football legend Pele in hospital with colon tumor; he is stable and may be released in next few days

Pele's assistant Pepito Fornos told The Associated Press that Pele is having chemotherapy sessions to treat the tumor that was found during routine exams at the end of August

Childhood cancers are uncommon but early detection and treatment can cure them

Childhood cancer is not common and no widely recommended screenings are available to detect cancer in children who are not at increased risk

World Brain Tumour Day 2021: Check types, symptoms and treatments to raise awareness about disease

The day was started by the German Brain Tumour Association in 2000 and since then, it is observed on 8 June every year

World Cancer Day: From Immunotherapy, vaccines to nanotech, new treatments that show promise against disease

Researchers are also looking into using genetically modified salmonella bacteria to destroy tumours from the inside out — where more traditional treatments, notably chemotherapy, cannot penetrate

An Oral History of the COVID-19 Crisis: 'I told my father that his treatment has to go on, pandemic or not'

This account is part of Firstpost’s Oral History Project of the COVID-19 Crisis in India. The Oral History Project aims to be an ongoing compendium of individual experiences of the pandemic, with a focus on one significant day in our respondents’ lives during this time.

Fungal compound beta-glucan can be used to train innate immune system to target cancer cells, says study

It was also found that after beta-glucan therapy the innate immune system generated a sort of memory which was held inside the bone marrow.

Focus on battling COVID-19 deals deadly blow to cancer care as lockdown disrupts early diagnosis, treatment

The attention of the authorities and frontline workers has been focused on testing and treating COVID-19 patients, resulting in the neglect of a disease that has a far higher fatality rate - cancer

Wearable device for melanoma treatment: Scientists develop a nanoneedle skin patch for this aggressive form of cancer

If a skin lesion shows a change in size, colour or shape or you notice any other symptoms like itching and crusting, it is best to consult a dermatologist at the earliest.