Cancer can be defined as a condition where normal cells of the body become abnormal and start growing and multiplying uncontrollably and gain the ability to spread throughout the body....
Concept of synthetic lethality: PARP inhibitors – New era in personalized medicine The term “synthetic lethality” was originally coined by geneticists in the 1940s. It arises when a combination of deficiencies in the expression of two or more genes leads to cell death, whereas a deficiency in ...
Game changers in breast cancer treatment These are the promising times in metastatic breast cancer research. Many newer treatments for metastatic breast cancer are under study and prognosis is improving. Some of these have entered the clinics while others are in study phase. We will describe some of...
What is a haematologist- oncologist? A haematologist-oncologist is a doctor who has expertise in diagnosing and treating blood cancers and diseases, such as haemophilia, iron-deficiency anaemia, sickle-cell disease, leukaemia and lymphoma. Apart from treating blood cancers, such as multiple myelomas...
Immunotherapy is a type of cancer treatment which is used by best medical oncologist in Delhi in which uses your own body’s immune system to fight cancer. ...
Due to differences in lifestyle of rural and urban women, breast cancer is more common in urban women, although diagnosis is increasing in rural women also with rising incidence and awareness. Breast cancer is the commonest cancer in urban Indian females, and the second commonest in the rural India...
Some types of HPV can cause genital warts while some other, different types are linked to cervical cell
changes that, if not detected early, can increase a womanʼs risk for cervical cancer. ...
Lymphoma is a cancer of the lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. When lymphocytes become cancerous, or malignant, they multiply and become tumors.
Lymphocytes are normally found in the blood stream and lymph nodes. Lymph nodes are found throughout the body and are identified by their location....
Screening modalities — Screening mammography has been shown to lower deaths from breast cancers. Mammography (digital or film) is the primary modality for breast cancer screening in average-risk women. Other techniques, such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), are useful for f...
Breast cancer is the malignant tumor (a tumor with the potential to invade other tissues or spread to other parts of the body) that starts in the cells of the breast. It occurs both in men and women. However male breast cancer is rare. Among Indian women, breast cancer is the commonest cancer overal...