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Cancer screening, treatment affected due to Covid, picking up again: Govt

Cancer screenings and treatment were affected due to Covid but the screening services have gone up post-pandemic, Union Minister of State for Health Bharti Pawar informed Lok Sabha on Friday. Replying to a supplementary question in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour, she said the government is focusing on increasing screenings and early detection of cancer. "Due to Covid, cancer screenings and treatment were affected. After Covid, screenings have increased," Pawar said. She said cancer screening services are being provided through 1.5 lakh Health and Wellness Centres (HWC) across the country. Through these HWCs, 16 crore cases of oral cancer, eight crore cases of breast cancer and around 5.53 crore cases of cervical cancer have been detected, the minister said. "Whether it is rural or urban areas, these services need to be increased. In that view, we are going to increase our 1.5 lakh HWCs throughout the country and through that, we are providing very good screening services," she

Fourth Industrial Revolution tech can transform cancer care in India: WEF

Citing results of a study published in an American science journal, JCO Global Oncology, it said cancer rates are rising rapidly across India

With regulatory nods, Niramai's AI/ML-based breast cancer test to go global

Company's solution has been used to conduct over 43,000 screenings in India so far. Niramai's breast cancer test comes at a 20th of the cost of a typical mammography test and detects 20% more cases

Natco Pharma's marketing partner gets USFDA nod for cancer treatment drug

Natco Pharma said its marketing partner Breckenridge Pharmaceutical received final approval from the USFDA for Pomalidomide Capsules, treatment of patients suffering from multiple myeloma cancer

Elephants have high cancer resistance. Here's how they can help us fight it

When exposed to radiation, more elephant cells than human cells underwent programmed cell death