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Are current or future Mesothelioma epidemics in Hong Kong the tragic legacy of uncontrolled use of asbestos in the past?
Inhaled asbestos fibers may contribute to three-fourths of malignant mesotheliomas diagnosed in men and almost 40% of cases diagnosed in women.
- Date:
- Mar 2010
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- Environmental Health Perspectives Vol: 18 Issue: 3 pp: 382-386
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Institute to investigate cancer hotspot in Czech Republic
The Czech Republic’s Plzen region has unusually high rates of kidney and colon cancer. Now a new research centre hopes to discover the possible causes behind this trend.
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- Feb 2010
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- Lancet Vol: 375 Issue: 9716 pp: 714
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Karela may be giant cancer slayer
US Study Led By Indian-Origin Scientist Finds Vegetable Prevents Disease From Spreading
- Date:
- 25/02/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Trials of new drug offer hope to cancer patients
For the melanoma patients who signed on to try a drug known as PLX4032, the clinical trial was a last resort. Their bodies were riddled with tumours, leaving them barely months to live.
- Date:
- 24/02/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
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Now, a machine can smell cancer
British scientists have invented a machine which can "smell" cancer.
Brainchild of academics at Cranfield University in Bedfordshire, the Breathotron detects chemi- cal changes in a patient's breath, which doctors say could show they have a tumour and give an earlier diagnosis than is possible now, reports the Mirror.
- Date:
- 22/02/2010
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- Asian Age (New Delhi)
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Health experts concerned over India’s asbestos industry
India's reliance on asbestos in buildings and its poor protection for workers exposed to the material could lead to an explosion in related malignant disease, warn experts.
- Date:
- Feb 2010
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- Lancet Vol: 375 Issue: 9715 pp: 626-627
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Punjab villages pollute its rivers, PPCB ‘helpless’
The cash-strapped Punjab government may be planning to increase its annual medical budget for the treatment of cancer, and install reverse osmosis systems for clean drinking water in villages, but it does not seem to be making adequate efforts to check the root cause of many other diseases in the state.
- Date:
- 18/02/2010
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- Indian Express (Chandigarh)
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Drive to prevent cancer from arsenic contamination
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) has taken up a project to identify people affected by arsenic contamination in Karimpur area of Nadia. It would tap the contamination in the cells of these people and gauge the extent of damage.
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- 18/02/2010
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- Statesman (Kolkata)
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IIT-B & docs use nanotech to treat cancer
MUMBAI/HYDERABAD: If it does pass the muster, it could be India’s second ‘nano’ success story. Only this nano creation is being unveiled in the field of healthcare thanks to collaboration between oncologists and scientists of the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.
- Date:
- 15/02/2010
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- Times Of India (Mumbai)
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Third-hand smoke can cause cancer too:people at risk from tobacco residue on surfaces
Washington: You know smoking is bad for you. You know inhaling someone else’s smoke is bad for you. Now a US study says third-hand smoke — tobacco residue clinging to surfaces — is also bad and can cause cancer.
- Date:
- 10/02/2010
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- Times Of India (New Delhi)
