Oncotype Dx – Predicts how likely6 cancer comes back or not.
The test gives a score, known as a Recurrence Score, from 0 to 100.
The higher the score, the more likely breast cancer is to come back and the more likely you are to benefit from having chemotherapy as well as hormone therapy.
Your specialist will use the score, along with other information about your breast cancer, to help decide whether chemotherapy would benefit you.5
Targeted therapy
Targeted therapy is a type of cancer treatment that works differently to chemotherapy. Chemotherapy attacks all rapidly dividing cells in the body, but targeted therapy works by “targeting” those differences that help a cancer cell to survive and grow. Targeted treatments can be taken orally, injected or given intravenously (through a vein). They may be given…
Cancer treatment centres in Nepal
1. B. P. Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital (BPKMCH): BPKMCH is the first tertiary level cancer hospital in Nepal, which provides all types of cancer treatment services, such as surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, pathology services, radio diagnosis imaging and nuclear medicine services. There are also other tertiary care centres for cancer treatment such as…
Treatment of breast cancer
Treatments are less invasive when breast cancer is detected at an early stage. Challenges for breast cancer treatment in Nepal include patient’s financial status (given the huge out-of-pocket expenditure), accessibility and availability of health services and infrastructures, etc. Several modalities of treatment are currently available for breast cancer patients as following: Surgery: Many breast cancer…
Bodies in diseases – MBBS Pathology Study Notes
Listing out the pathology notes for the MBBS students. this note is about the Important bodies in pathology in various diseases and conditions::
Diabetes and what you need to know about it
Diabetes and what you need to know about it Diabetes is a complex metabolic disorder that is characterized by an increase in your blood sugar level/glucose level. It can be defined as “Diabetes mellitus refers to a group of metabolic disorders that result from an inability to produce and/or reduced insulin sensitivity. “ Blood glucose is our…
