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CML Survivor Day: 'For us PGI is a temple, and I have no words to express my appreciation for the doctors here'

September 28, 2025 11:49 pm

A blood cancer survivor shares her journey of hope and healing

Exercise could ease symptoms for people with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) - new study

July 19, 2025 1:30 pm

What's different about CLL is that many people don't receive treatment for years – yet still experience symptoms and lower quality of life.

Who was Carlo Acutis, set to become first 'millennial saint'?

May 24, 2024 5:27 pm

When he learned he was diagnosed with leukemia, during his last days, he spread his faith on his website.

Dr. Paul Parkman's research was instrumental in identifying the virus that causes rubella.

Dr. Paul Parkman, who helped to eliminate rubella, dies at 91

May 22, 2024 8:51 pm

In 1966, Dr Paul Parkman, Dr. Harry M. Meyer Jr. and their collaborators at the National Institutes of Health, including Maurice R. Hilleman, disclosed that they had perfected a vaccine to prevent rubella.

Syrian first lady Asma Assad diagnosed with leukemia: President's Office

May 21, 2024 4:25 pm

She will “adhere to a specialised treatment protocol that includes stringent infection prevention measures” and “will temporarily withdraw from all direct engagements” as part of the treatment plan, it added.

Five-year survival rate for children with acute lymphatic leukemia has increased: Study

July 18, 2023 10:53 am

The study results of the ALL-11 treatment protocol, led by researchers at the Princess Maxima Center, were published in the scientific Journal of Clinical Oncology.

International Childhood Cancer Day: How early detection can help kids with leukemia live a full life

February 15, 2023 2:26 pm

Paediatric oncologists from around the country bust myths about a child’s lifespan, chemotherapy, the possibilities of new therapies and remission.

A cancer treatment makes leukemia vanish but creates more mysteries

February 07, 2022 10:46 am

The treatment involves removing T cells, white blood cells that fight viruses, from a patient’s blood and genetically engineering them to fight cancer. Then the modified cells are infused back into a patient’s circulation.

Childhood cancer in India: From symptoms to role of nutrition, all you need to know

November 10, 2021 2:23 pm

Approximately 50,000 children are diagnosed with cancer every year in India; that's about one child every 11 minutes

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Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Diet changes that can help combat the genetic condition

September 18, 2019 12:50 pm

According to a report by WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, India has the third-highest number of haematological cancers, commonly called blood cancer.