Breast cancer

Shannen Doherty reveals stage 4 cancer diagnosis

Shannen Doherty said she has been dealing with the disease in private for more than a year now, while continuing to work, including shooting for the "Beverly Hills" reboot, "BH90210."

Feb 05, 2020, 18:04 PM IST

Tahira Kashyap celebrates birthday with breast cancer survivors, shares her ordeal

The meet and greet session was held at Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, where Tahira Kashyap shared the story of her battle with breast cancer with several women. 

Jan 24, 2020, 20:37 PM IST

Breast cancer in men, a killer disease and everything you need to know

Breast cancer is a major killer in women. It is a disease which is rarely seen in men. While the dreaded disease shares many similarities with cancer of the breast in women but there are some important differences too. Most cases of male breast cancer occur in older men, but there are several cases when even younger men have been diagnosed with the same.

Jan 24, 2020, 12:56 PM IST

Google AI to make breast cancer diagnosis more accurate

The samples were fed to the AI, which was trained to scan X-ray images. The system scanned for signs of malignancy through all the 28,000 pictures, after which its findings were matched against the actual cancer status of the women. 

Jan 02, 2020, 16:08 PM IST

Study finds Google system could improve breast cancer detection

The study, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, is the latest to show that artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to improve the accuracy of screening for breast cancer, which affects one in eight women globally.

Jan 02, 2020, 10:09 AM IST

Tahira Kashyap: Family, husband's support important for women with breast cancer

Last year, Tahira Kashyap wrote a powerful post about being diagnosed with stage zero breast cancer and revealed that she was undergoing a mastectomy. 

Nov 27, 2019, 18:19 PM IST

Beyonce Knowles's father Mathew battling breast cancer

A teaser of the interview was posted on Tuesday to coincide with the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Oct 02, 2019, 17:55 PM IST

Red meat consumption may up breast cancer risk: Study

Women who consumed the highest amount of red meat had a 23 per cent higher risk compared with women who consumed the lowest amount.

Aug 07, 2019, 17:43 PM IST

AI helps identify new breast cancer types

Published in the NPJ Breast Cancer journal, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, applied AI and machine learning (ML) to gene sequences and molecular data from breast tumours, to reveal crucial differences among these cancer types.

Aug 06, 2019, 15:16 PM IST

Breast cancer raises heart disease risk

The goal of the study was to compare and evaluate risk factors for cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women who are survivors of breast cancer and women without breast cancer. For the findings, more than 90 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors were compared with 192 postmenopausal women.

Jun 20, 2019, 12:23 PM IST

Tahira Kashyap apologises and deletes Buddha pic, says never wanted to hurt anyone—Check post

The brave heart is battling cancer about which she first opened up on social media some time back.

Jun 19, 2019, 19:29 PM IST

Tahira Kashyap shares her new bald look, gives cancer a tough fight

Hats off to her for keeping a happy face and high spirits while battling the deadly 'c' word.

Jan 16, 2019, 17:30 PM IST

Breast cancer drug linked to brain malfunction

letrozole is a drug used to prevent breast cancer recurrence by interfering with the production of estrogens.

Dec 26, 2018, 09:56 AM IST

Rise in breast cancer leading to more ovarian cancer: Experts

There are two types of genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2), which are responsible for both breast and ovarian cancer.

 

Dec 24, 2018, 17:15 PM IST

Pregnancy is safe for breast cancer survivors: Experts

"It is possible for women to continue with their pregnancy even while diagnosed with breast cancer and take treatments tailored to the stage of their pregnancy concurrently. They can go on to deliver healthy babies," Kanchan Kaur said.

Dec 03, 2018, 12:19 PM IST

Ayushmann Khurrana's wife Tahira Kashyap diagnosed with stage 1a cancer, shares incredible post—See inside

Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana's wife Tahira Kashyap is a brave heart in the truest sense of the word. After she opened up on her battle with DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) in her right breast with high-grade malignant cells, the author has now been diagnosed with stage 1a cancer.

Nov 29, 2018, 00:06 AM IST

Life is a great leveller: Ayushmann Khurrana

On Karva Chauth this year, Ayushmann kept a fast for the good health and long life of Tahira, whom he proudly calls his inspiration.

Nov 22, 2018, 16:15 PM IST

Ayushmann Khurrana's wife Tahira Kashyap returns to work after mastectomy

Retweeting Tahira's post, Ayushmann said that he is "proud" of her.

Nov 22, 2018, 13:56 PM IST

Arjun Rampal's mother's last rites performed, B-Town celebs pay respects

The funeral was attended by several B-Towners who paid their last respects.

Oct 29, 2018, 09:10 AM IST