Tasnim The Middle Easts biggest pharmaceutical factory specializing in production of anticancer drugs was inaugurated in Iran on Monday.
The factory was launched on Monday during a ceremony in the northern province of Alborz attended by Health Minister Seyed Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi.
The pharmaceutical factory, which has 9 production lines manufacturing ...
The Christian Science Monitor| Scott Peterson:One sign of the impact of stepped-up American sanctions on Iran can be found on the northeast edge of Tehran: anxiety at Irans largest charity for children diagnosed with cancer.
Mahak, a private charity with a $60 million annual budget that cares for 17,500 patients across the country, free of charge,...
IFP - The Islamic Republic of Iran has been appointed as the permanent member of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) established by the World Health Organization (WHO).
After Iran gained the permanent membership of the IARC, the countrys flag was hoisted in the headquarters of the centre in the French city of Lyon, the Research ...
Sputnik- A photo of an Iranian teacher visiting his hospitalized, cancer-stricken student is gaining popularity in the social media, according to Sputnik Iran.
A photo ofan Iranian teacher visiting his student inthe hospital was posted onReddit and immediately went viral, Sputnik Iran reports.
Judging bythe description ofthe photo, the teacher ...
ISNA An Iranian researcher from Karolinska Institute in Sweden says Iran looks to personalized cancer medicine as a major treatment which will replace other methods such as chemotherapy and radiotherapy with minimum side effects in future.
We are working with circulating tumor cells and what we are doing exactly is to isolate the circulating tumor ...
TEHRAN, Oct. 23 (MNA) The executive secretary of the West Asian Conference on Cancer has said it will be held November 17-19.
MD Farhad Samiei told reporters on Sunday that the alarming rise in diagnosis with cancer of individuals of all age groups provided the impetus for WHO to name it the silent crisis of the human health; industrial pollution ...
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) Iranian researchers have improved the efficiency of cancer heat therapy process known as hyperthermia by laboratorial and analytical simulating of the process at the same time.
Heating cancer tissues is one wayto eliminate cancer tumors.Hyperthermia generally means an increase in the body temperature that is higher than ...
Dream of 12-year old Iranian boy affected by Neuroblastoma cancer comes true with becoming a policeman for oneday in Iranian city of Ahvaz.
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TEHARN, Nov. 22 (MNA) Researchers from Sharif University of Technology have developed and commercialized cell separators to be used for detecting cancer and treating infertility.
Sina Asadalizadeh, program director of development and technology transfer office at Sharif University of Technology, told Mehr News correspondent that the developedcell ...
Tehran, July 4, IRNA Irans deputy health minister has claimed that cancer rate in Iran is lower than in other countries in the world.
Reza Malekzadeh also labeled claims that cancer rate is increasing as untrue, the Tasnim news agency reported on Friday.
Cancer is a dangerous disease and its financial cost is very high, therefore, some basic ...
Alborz Insurance Company has launched lifelong cancer insurance for its customers for the first time.
The insurance service, known as Hope-Inspiring Alborz Insurance, seeks to mitigate the costs of cancer treatment and provides policyholders with lifelong financial support, Akhbar Bank reported Sunday, citing an insurer's announcement.
"After ...
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers at Tehran University have designed a magnetic nano-particle which can act as a good option for cancer treatment.
Using the method, La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 nano-particles were produced by a system known as mechanic Asian and through high thermal operations.
Dr. Abolghasem Ataie, the lead author of the study, said the ...
Mahaks 68th charity bazaar in support for cancer children is slated for May 27-28 between 10:00 20:00 at Mahaks Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in Darabad, Tehran.
The Mahak Society to Support Children with Cancer, a non-governmental organization dedicated to helping children, was established in 1991 by Saideh Ghods. The NGO helps children with ...
The sidewalks in Tehran are always strewn with cigarette butts. When scarce downpours hit, they are washed into nearby gutters but it takes no time before the pavements become littered with another stubbed-out stock.
Iranians puff on 65 billion sticks of cigarette a year, leaving families with a bill of more than $200 million in medical expenses....
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian researchers are trying to produce anti-cancer drugs by aquatic creatures found in Persian Gulf, southern Iran.
Identifying different kinds of aquatic creatures, including those found in Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, which are of considerable anti-tumor activities, it is possible to fight different types of cancer,...
Iranian scientists have successfully reduced the side effects of a cancer drug by infusing it with nanotechnology.
Researchers at the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences discovered that the side effects of the drug Mitoxantrone could be reduced when the chemotherapeutic agent is infused with liposomic nanocarriers, which are created with cholesterol ...
TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian researcher Soroush Ra'is-Bahrami along with his colleagues at Maryland University has found out that targeted biopsy with new fusion technology, which joins magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound, was found to be more efficient in identifying high-risk prostate cancer when compared to standard biopsy.
The study, ...
TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) Using nanotechnology, Iranian researchers could manage to develop a cancer cells annihilator device which can destroy cancer cells in an invasive procedure.
In an interview to Mehr News, the head of knowledge-based Pars Nano System Company Reza Saber said they could manage to build a system of hyperthermia or the cancer cells ...
The largest study to date of the pros and cons attributed to aspirin has shown that a small daily intake of the drug significantly cuts risks of fatality or occurrence of bowel, stomach, and oesophageal cancer.
The review perused all available evidence from studies and clinical trials on the drugs potential of damage and improvement.
It found that ...
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Researchers from the University of Bradford along with two Iranian scientists have recently devised a simple "universal" blood test that can be used to diagnose whether people have cancer or not.
So far, the test designed by Mojgan Najaf-Zadeh has successful in accurately diagnosing cancer and pre-cancerous conditions from the blood ...