Read about different cancer treatments. Surgery is a procedure in which a surgeon removes cancer from your body. Radiation Therapy. Chemotherapy. Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer. Targeted Therapy. Hormone Therapy. Stem Cell Transplant.
Cancer Treatment Guideline allow doctors to give their patients high quality cancer care and treatment options. Experts at leading cancer centres form protocols and suggested treatment plans so doctors all around the world can follow them. These guidelines are available for anyone to view for free. What is a cancer treatment guideline? Cancer treatment guidelines […]
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive malignancy originating from the epithelium lining of the biliary tree and can be divided into two main classes in accordance with the anatomical and cellular origin: intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) and extrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma (eCCA). It is characterized by a steady increase in incidence globally with a median survival of fewer than […]
You know you are a cancer patient…you have a doctor, a team of nurses, your family to support you through the process of disease management, then what is that you are missing? What is palliative care? Why would you need palliative care? Is it something that a cancer patient can do without? Find your answers […]
Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly occurring cancer in men and the second most commonly occurring cancer in women. As per The American Cancer Society, the lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is about 1 in 22 (4.49%) for men and 1 in 24 (4.15%) for women. This risk is slightly lower in women […]
When a BRCA gene is mutated, it may no longer be effective at homologous recombination (HR) DNA repair machinery. Thus people with a BRCA gene mutation are more likely to develop cancer at a younger age. In these tumors, the base excision repair pathway is important for cell survival. The poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose) polymerase (PARP) enzymes […]