Cancer

Growing Cancer burden Of India in 2025

India’s Growing Cancer Burden: In 2022, India saw an estimated 1.46 million new cancer cases, with a crude incidence rate of 100.4 per 100,000 people. This means roughly 1 in 9 people in India are expected to develop cancer during their lifetime. The most common cancers in India are lung cancer in men and breast cancer in […]

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Selfies can affect a teenager’s health

Selfies can affect a teenager’s self-esteem and mental health, and cause a preoccupation with “likes.”Teenagers may take selfies as a form of entertainment, to document events in their lives, or to put on social media. Parents and caregivers should be aware of the potential negative influences teens may face exposure to and help guide them […]

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LIVER ELASTOGRAPHY

LIVER ELASTOGRAPHY

SHEAR  WAVE  ELASTOGRAPHY Shear wave elastography is a newer ultrasound technology used to check tissue stiffness. A transducer delivers high-intensity pulses that produce shear waves, which create a higher-quality image. The concept is similar to strain elastography, but instead of using transducer pressure to compare a shift in an ultrasound A-line (thereby measuring changes in strain), a […]

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NEURO PET

Neuro PET

What is Positron Emission Tomography (PET)? Positron emission tomography (PET) is a type of nuclear medicine procedure that measures metabolic activity of the cells of body tissues. PET is actually a combination of nuclear medicine and biochemical analysis. Used mostly in patients with brain or heart conditions and cancer, PET helps to visualize the biochemical […]

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Gallium PET (GA 68)- DOTATOC AND PSMA

DOTATOC Scan – Prominent images for finer diagnosis   In recent times, PET CT studies have gained much importance in detecting many diseases. In many diseases like neuroendocrine tumors etc often get missed on a standard FDG PET study. Ga-68 labeled PET studies are asked for such clinical situations. Alike standard PET scans, the G8-Ga labeled PET […]

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