Published: May 20, 2019. Updated: August 30, 2019. Updated: April 18, 2020. Credited to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: https://www.mskcc.org/videos/immunotherapy-how-it-works What is Immunotherapy? Is Immunotherapy in India used for Cancer Patients? Immunotherapy is a new treatment option in the fight against cancer. It enables the body’s own immune system to detect and then fight cancer. […]
Published: May 20, 2019. Updated: August 30, 2019. Credited to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: https://www.mskcc.org/videos/immunotherapy-how-it-works What is Immunotherapy? Is Immunotherapy in India used for Cancer Patients? Immunotherapy is a new treatment option in the fight against cancer. It enables the body’s own immune system to detect and then fight cancer. Immunotherapies have been launched […]
Biopsy Test for Cancer: A Cutting-Edge Alternative Blood-based biopsy also known as Liquid-Biopsy Molecular diagnosis in cancer patients is till date focused on tissue biopsies. Different tumours consist of a wide range of subpopulations and the small amount of tissue obtained through tissue biopsies may not be sufficient to represent the aggressive subclones. Moreover, distant […]
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has become popular in the last five years. NGS is popular in research work. In clinical work, the leading usage of NGS is for cancer testing. What is Sequencing? Sequencing technologies are a way to detect genetic alterations in an individual. These genetic alterations can be mutations, insertions/deletions, rearranagements (also called translocations), […]
Cancer Immunotherapy “Oh, you got a sore throat and cold?? Your body needs Vitamin C to boost the immune cells fight the infection effectively!” Something most commonly heard and said! Ever wondered, why is the body so biased, for it chooses to fight basic infections but takes a detour when it comes to […]