Thursday, March 19, 2020

BREAKTHROUGH IN CANCER TREATMENT AND DETECTION

Cancer treatment and detection has progressed in leaps and bounds since 3000 B.C., when Ancient Egyptians concluded there was no way to treat the disease. Advances have particularly grown over the past couple of decades.


Treatment


  • The robotic platform is a new tool in fighting lung cancer.
  • Liquid biopsy is a dramatic innovation used daily at CTCA.
  • Next-generation sequencing to detect circulating tumor DNA is a minimally invasive method for identifying potential therapeutic targets.
  • Immunotherapy is an advance in cancer treatment that has resulted in dramatic change in cancer management.
  • Precision medicine continues to shape how we care for patients today and in the future.



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