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Parents of child cancer survivors talk of their success story

On the occasion of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, CanKids KidsCan, The National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India organized a survivor meet today in collaboration with the hematology department of NRS Medical College and Hospital.

Hormone therapy for cancer

Hormone therapy can be provided to patients for a short or long period depending on the type of cancer the patient is suffering from. For patients with breast cancer, adjuvant hormone therapy is administered for 5 to 10 years.

Cancer patients who do not react to immunotherapy lack crucial immune cells: Study

Immunotherapy has changed cancer treatment. Since the introduction of immunotherapy in 2011, the five-year survival rate in advanced melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer, has increased from less than 10% to more than 50%. Unfortunately, only approximately half of melanoma patients react to immunotherapy, and those who do not respond have a difficult future.

Yoga and naturopathy for cancer patients

Naturopathy happens to be a complementary branch of medicine which employs safe and natural therapies and upholds detoxification as a crucial step to recovery from cancer.