Cancer Care

Why India is likely to miss the 2030 cervical cancer elimination targets

Poor awareness, stigma due the sexual transmission of HPV and a delay in the government rollout of the vaccine are major reasons.

Charu Bahri, IndiaSpend.com
· Dec 19, 2023 · 07:30 pm
Cancer exhausts immune cells – understanding why could help strengthen their response

Cytotoxic T cells can recognise the mutated proteins on cancer cells and should therefore be able to kill them. But cancer cells still grow unchecked.

Mary Philip, The Conversation
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Michael Rudloff, The Conversation
· Aug 11, 2023 · 10:00 pm
Moderna’s cancer vaccine treats melanoma, but does not prevent it. Why is it then called a vaccine?

A biochemist explains how it works.

Mark R O'Brian, The Conversation
· Jan 19, 2023 · 11:30 pm

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