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Oncology and Cancer

Oncology is the field of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body

Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cells in your body.

Chemotherapy is most often used to treat cancer, since cancer cells grow and multiply much more quickly than most cells in the body.

Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. There are different kinds of breast cancer. The kind of breast cancer depends on which cells in the breast turn cancerous. Breast cancer can begin in different parts of the breast. The most common types of breast cancer are Ductal Carcinoma In situ (DCIS) and Invasive Carcinoma. Inflammatory Breast Cancer and Metastatic Breast Cancer, Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. The worst type of breast cancer is Triple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC). Breast cancer begins in the gland cells of the lobules. Breast cancer is a more common cancer in women than in men. It can occur at any age, but it is most common in adults over the age of 50.

Paediatric Oncology

Paediatric Oncology's main goal is to treat cancers and genetic tumour predisposition syndromes in infants, children, and teenagers. Paediatric oncologists are specially trained to care for children and keep them comfortable while undergoing treatment. Lymphoma, leukaemia, neuroblastoma, bone cancer, and other childhood cancers are the most common. Children with cancer usually respond well to more aggressive treatments, such as chemotherapy.

Neuro Oncology

The study of cancer, which relates to the central nervous system, includes Brain and Spinal Card neoplasms and Brain Stem Tumors such as Malignant Brain Cancers, etc. Cancers in the nervous system may occur as primary tumor, secondary tumor or metastatic tumors that occur due to cancer that has spread from another region of the body.

Blood Cancer

Most blood cancers, also known as hematologic cancers, begin in the bone marrow, where blood is produced. Blood Cancer's develop when abnormal blood cells begin to proliferate uncontrollably, interfering with the function of normal blood cells, which fight infection and produce new blood cells. There are three main types of blood cancers: leukaemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that affects white blood cells. Lymphoma is a cancer that begins in the lymphatic system, which is part of the immune system. Myeloma is a cancer that affects plasma cells, which are a type of white blood cell that produces antibodies. Symptoms of blood cancers can include fatigue, weakness, fever, weight loss, and enlarged lymph nodes.

Skin Cancer

Skin Cancer is defined as the abnormal growth of cells in the skin's outermost layer caused by unpaired DNA damage, which causes mutations that appear as a lump or discolour the skin. The mutation causes skin cells to proliferate rapidly and form tumours. Basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, Merkel cell carcinoma, and melanoma are the most common types of skin cancer. Skin cancer develops in areas of the body that are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) raysfrom the sun on a regular basis, such as the nose, neck, arms, legs, lips, chest, scalp, face, and so on.

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Liver and Lung Cancer

Liver cancer is cancer that starts in the liver. Liver cancer can be primary (starts in liver) or secondary (meaning cancer which has spread from elsewhere to the liver, known as liver metastasis). Liver metastasis is more common than that which starts in the liver. Liver cancer is increasing globally.

Lung Cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the lungs. Your lungs are two spongy organs in your chest that take in oxygen when you inhale and release carbon dioxide when you exhale.

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.

Bone and Brain Cancer

Bone Cancer is a rare cancer that begins in the bones. It destroys tissue and can spread to other organs in the body.

Brain Cancer's include primary brain tumours, which start in the brain and almost never spread to other parts of the body, and secondary tumours (or metastases), which are caused by cancers that began in another part of the body.

Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment

Research Innovations in Oncology

Cancer Surgery and Biopsy for Cancer

Precision Medicine

Precision Medicine, also known as personalized medicine, is a new frontier for healthcare combining genomics, big data analytics, and population health.

Colon and Esophageal Cancer

Colon Cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the large intestine (colon). The colon is the final part of the digestive tract.

Colon cancer typically affects older adults, though it can happen at any age. It usually begins as small, noncancerous (benign) clumps of cells called polyps that form on the inside of the colon. Over time some of these polyps can become colon cancers.

Esophageal Cancer is cancer that occurs in the esophagus — a long, hollow tube that runs from your throat to your stomach. Your esophagus helps move the food you swallow from the back of your throat to your stomach to be digested.

Ovarian and Cervical Cancer

Ovarian Cancer occurs when abnormal cells in your ovaries or fallopian tubes grow and multiply out of control.

Cervical Cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the cells of the cervix — the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina.

Kidney and Throat Cancer

Kidney Cancer is cancer that begins in the kidneys. Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist. They're located behind your abdominal organs, with one kidney on each side of your spine.

In adults, renal cell carcinoma is the most common type of kidney cancer. Other less common types of kidney cancer can occur. Young children are more likely to develop a kind of kidney cancer called Wilms' tumor.

Throat Cancer refers cancer that develops in your throat (pharynx) or voice box (larynx).

Your throat is a muscular tube that begins behind your nose and ends in your neck. Throat cancer most often begins in the flat cells that line the inside of your throat.

Thyroid and Tongue Cancer

Thyroid Cancer is a growth of cells that starts in the thyroid. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of the neck, just below the Adam's apple. The thyroid produces hormones that regulate heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight.

Tongue Cancer is a type of cancer that starts as a growth of cells on the tongue. The tongue begins in the throat and extends into the mouth. It's made up of muscles and nerves that help with movement and function, such as taste. The tongue aids in speaking, eating and swallowing.

Cancer Drugs and Vaccines

COVID AND ITS IMPACT ON CANCER

Patients with cancer have a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 infection when compared with people without cancer. The patients who have blood and lung cancer and those who are having anti-cancer treatment are venerable to COVID-19. These types of cancer patients have a higher death rate when compared to other cancer patients. Due to the pandemic, patient care declined and there were delays or cancellations of cancer treatments.