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Sedentary lifestyles and unhealthy diets are major contributors to rising cancer rates among India's youth, with obesity strongly linked to various cancers Environmental pollution, including exposure to air and water contaminants, significantly increases cancer risk in India, contributing to approximately 8% of cases Psychosocial stress, irregular health screenings, and financial challenges in treatment exacerbate the cancer burden among young Indians

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In a study by the Healthcare Center of the University of Texas, it has been claimed that doing yoga can also get rid of diseases like cancer.

The actor died on April 27 last year at the age of 70 after battling cancer.

Improvements in treatment have dramatically increased survival rates from pediatric cancers, with about 83 percent of children surviving at least five years and many becoming long-term survivors.

The study conducted by the researchers from University of Guelph, Ontario, has identified a protein called cadherin-22, a potential factor in cancer metastasis or the spread of cancer.  

This campaign is being implemented in 192 sub-divisional hospitals and community health centres of the, Health and Family Welfare minister Brahm Mohindra said in a release.

Researchers wanted to find differences between the metabolism of two subtypes of non-small cell lung cancer - adenocarcinoma (ADC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SqCC).

High number of platelets have been linked to an increased risk of all forms of cancer and scientists are now urging doctors to consider thrombocytosis as a detection method for patients who are yet to show symptoms.

With this, the NCG, which was launched in 2012, has now covered 60 per cent of the cancer centres and research institutes in the country.

AIIMS will come together with All India Institute of Ayurveda and the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences to to study the efficacy of ayurvedic drugs in treating cancer.

Among Brazilians aged 1-14, cancer was the leading cause of death by disease as well.

Lung cancer is one of the most common and serious types of cancer among aged adults. 

Fusobacterium nucleatum is an inflammatory bacterium that is thought to play a role in colorectal cancer by blocking the immune response triggered to combat tumour cells in the colon.

The study led by Michael Sawyer and Michael Chu found that the overall survival in cancer patients was reduced by more than two months and the disease control rate decreased by 11 per cent.  

Scientists have found that immunotherapy can destroy majority of dormant cancer cells that become resistant to chemotherapy and combining the two treatments may help prevent cancer recurrence.