Robot assists
in world's first artificial blood vessel procedure
Beijing: A hospital in China has
successfully performed tumour
surgery on a patient with pancreatic cancer taking assistance
of a robot.
The hospital claimed Saturday's surgery
as the world's first artificial blood vessel reconstruction involving the
robotic device after searching through a widely-used global medical database,
Xinhua reported.
During the surgery, the robot,
controlled by the doctor, found the portal vein connected to the pancreas,
which was also cancerous and needed to be removed.
The doctor inserted one robotic arm
through a small hole in the 57-year-old patient's body to hold the artificial vessel
steady while operating with the help of another arm to stitch.
The
patient's abdomen was opened for the operation, Bie said adding: "But the
robot only left a few needle holes, which is more conducive to recovery."
Source:
www.zeenews.india.com
16.12.2015
Number of new
breast cancer cases in women to double by 2030
New Delhi: Number of new breast cancer
cases in women is estimated to nearly double in the country by 2030, the Rajya
Sabha was told Tuesday.
The estimated number of new breast
cancer (incidence) cases in women would be about 1,84,000 by 2030 as compared
to 97,328 cases in 2014, Health and Family Welfare Minister J P Nadda said in
Rajya Sabha.
He said the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) has reported that as per a study, breast cancer showed a
significant increase in rate over time in the age group of 35-44 in Bangalore,
Chennai and Mumbai (as per population based cancer registries) and in Delhi
45-54 age group. Besides, he said the age group of 0-24 in Mumbai showed an
increase in rate over time.
Nadda said the data regarding ignoring
of warning signs of breast cancer by young women is not available.
The
Minister, however, said as per a published study, there is low cancer literacy
of breast cancer risk factors among Indian women, irrespective of their
socio-economic and educational background.
Source:
www.zeenews.india.com
16.12.2015
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creatures of circumstance; we are creators of circumstance
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