What is Targeted Therapy for Cancer Treatment? Cancer is a heterogeneous disease, that is, all individuals with the same cancer type do not contain the same mutations/alterations. Thus, the targeted therapy is designed to target a specific alteration/mutation.Targeted anticancer agents are drugs that produce their anticancer effect by selectively modifying a target key to the […]
What is Hormonal Therapy for Cancer? Also called as endocrine therapy, it is the type of cancer treatment that uses hormonal manipulation to slow or stop the growth of cancer that are dependent on hormones. It helps in relieving symptoms of cancer and control cancer growth. How Hormones Promote Cancer? Let’s take an example of […]
What is Chemotherapy? It is a modality for cancer treatment that uses drugs to kill cancer cells. It is one of the three main modalities for cancer treatment. Other two are radiation therapy (using radiation to treat cancer) and surgery (removal of tumor by surgical resection). How does Chemotherapy work? Cancer is dysregulated proliferation of […]
What is Immunotherapy? Immunotherapy is a broad category of cancer therapy which includes various agents that enhance the capability of the immune system to fight against cancerous cells. It is a type of cancer treatment that enhances the body’s own immune system to fight effectively against cancer. It is a type of biological therapy that […]