Cancer is a global health problem with new cases numbering in the millions yearly. Even in India, where the cancer load is rising, the earliest possible diagnosis and treatment are crucial for enhancing survival and the quality of patient results. Delayed treatment is a cause for concern and increases mortality while diminishing the quality of...
Colorectal cancer, once a cancer of late life, is on the verge of exploding among young people. The ominous trend has had researchers, physicians, and hospitals scrambling at breakneck paces to determine the reasons and create prevention and early diagnosis. Dr. Vikesh Shah, a well-known cancer doctor in Ahmedabad, argues, “The increased incidence of colorectal...
Cancer is the most difficult disease to cure, and it afflicts millions of lives worldwide. Different treatment processes have been discovered throughout history, the most prevalent being chemotherapy. While chemotherapy is worthwhile on a large scale, it has large-scale drawbacks in the form of heavy side effects and sparse long-term outcomes. Compared with this, immunotherapy...
Advances through Immunotherapy Have Brought New Hope for a Patient Who Has Not Yet Undergone Complete Effectiveness of Traditional Therapies Like Chemotherapy and Radiation. This will be realized by boosting a patient’s immunity through such targets like eradication, thus killing carcinoma-causing cells; despite all this, it has faced many challenges such as side effects while...
Lung cancer, they say, is a smoker’s disease. For over sixty years and for much of the twentieth century, and indeed long before that, smoking, after all, has been what branded lung cancer as the single biggest killer of cancers in affluent nations. It is perhaps because of this long and intimate relationship with smoking...
Within the last few years, a very disturbing trend has been observed with regard to the rising incidence of colorectal cancer in teens and young adults. This frightening shift calls for the attention of both medical professionals and public health officials. Colorectal cancer, traditionally seen as a disease affecting older adults, is surfacing in the...
Living with the path of cancer treatment is not only associated with the disease itself but also with the arduous side effects of some treatments. If you’re treated with chemotherapy, radiation, or some other type of cancer treatment, it’s very essential to take care of these side effects in order to maintain your quality of...
Pancreatic cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the pancreas, an organ in your abdomen. It’s extremely challenging to treat due to several reasons. Allow me to break this down into simple concepts so that it would be easy for everybody to understand, even children! 1. It Hides and Doesn’t Show Symptoms Pancreatic...
Breast cancer is a type of cancer that affects the breasts. Sometimes, it can run in families, which means it can be passed down from parents to their children. This is called hereditary breast cancer. Let’s talk about what makes breast cancer hereditary, how genes are involved, and how you can lower your risk. What...
A cough is something most of us get from time to time. It’s usually our body’s way of clearing our throat or dealing with a cold. But if you have a cough that just won’t go away, it might be a sign of something more serious, like lung cancer. Let’s explore this in a way...