Cancer diagnosis

First lab-in-a-briefcase to detect cancer

One of the remarkable features of the lab-in-a-briefcase is that it uses whole blood without the need for any sample preparation a previously challenging task outside of a laboratory setting.

Nov 01, 2015, 13:56 PM IST

How cancer is financially ruining too

After a cancer diagnosis, the probability of a patient being employed dropped by almost 10 percentage points, and hours worked declined by up to 200 hours, or about five weeks of full-time work, in the first year.

Oct 26, 2015, 17:53 PM IST

Indian doctors develop mobile app for cancer diagnosis

The app, called TNM app, will help doctors diagnose the severity of cancer immediately.

Oct 23, 2015, 20:19 PM IST

Cancer diagnosis, treatment to get easier with new TNM mobile app

Doctors of Tata Memorial Hospital in Parel have developed a mobile phone application (app) to help cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Oct 23, 2015, 11:39 AM IST