Tag: cancer
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Amrita Hospital researchers find way to ‘burn’ liver cancer
Researchers at Amrita Hospital have turned a substance commonly found in bones into a potent weapon that can seek and kill tumour cells. Tiny particles of calcium phosphate, a biomineral that is a natural constituent of the bone, when doped with similarly small iron particles, can become what medical scientists call a theranostic agent, a…
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The Cancer Institute
31 January, 2004 marked the much anticipated inauguration of the Cancer Institute at Amrita Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala The Cancer Institute is dedicated to providing fully integrated, multidisciplinary cancer treatment under one roof with state-of-the-art technology, having assembled a wide range of experts in all disciplines related to cancer, from…
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Amrita Kripa Sagar cancer hospice
Care for the terminally ill is provided in an atmosphere of love and compassion in Thane, Mumbai