[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The government has approved the export of BCG vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India to Canada for immunotherapy to treat bladder cancer, official sources said on Monday. The permission was granted after Prakash Kumar Singh, director, Serum Institute, wrote to the Drugs Controller of India (DCGI) seeking approval to export … Read more
[ad_1] SEATTLE: After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be out in five years.These aren’t traditional vaccines that prevent disease, but shots to shrink tumors and stop cancer from coming back. Targets for these experimental treatments include breast and lung cancer, with gains … Read more
[ad_1] Experts: Mammograms should start at age 40 Why experts say mammograms should start at age 40 04:42 “Charmed” and “Beverly Hills, 90210” actor Shannen Doherty said on Instagram Tuesday that her breast cancer, which she was first diagnosed with in 2015, has spread to her brain. The news was shared with an emotional video … Read more
[ad_1] Andy Rourke, bass guitarist of The Smiths, one of the most influential British bands of the 1980s, died Friday after a lengthy illness with pancreatic cancer, his publicity firm confirmed to CBS News. He was 59. Rourke died early Friday morning in New York City at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Reybee Inc. said … Read more
[ad_1] Veteran YouTuber and best-selling author Hank Green has announced that he has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “It seems likely that we caught mine early. I’m still waiting on a scan to sort of confirm that,” Green said in a YouTube video uploaded Friday. In the video description, he wrote his first treatment began “literally as this … Read more
[ad_1] Eric Braeden, the actor best known for his role as Victor Newman on “The Young and the Restless,” was recently diagnosed with cancer and is now undergoing treatment. Braeden announced the diagnosis in a video posted to Facebook on Friday. The actor, 82, said he was receiving immunotherapy for both low-grade and high-grade cancerous … Read more
[ad_1] Hugh Jackman is urging his followers to wear sunscreen amid his latest skin cancer scare. In a video posted to his social media Monday, the actor, wearing a bandage on his nose, shared he had two biopsies done. “I just went to my doctor… and she just saw little things — could be or … Read more