Tata Memorial announces R&D for early detection of Throat cancer
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Announces an early detection technique to save many lives
Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai, an epitome of cancer research and treatment in India, has now achieved another breakthrough in cancer detection technology. Few Tata doctors present at a recent meeting of the American society of Clinical Oncology at Chicago announced their R&D achievement, of an early detection of throat cancer. The findings have also been reported in the English online medical journal, for a reference study in detail. The innovation is an extra cut along the neck, to detect the spread of malignant tumor or cancer, from oral cavity to the neck. The cut would be a preventive treatment (in medical terms prophylaxis), to avoid a radiation or a chemotherapy treatment at a later stage.
Indian figures for throat cancer are notably high, with one lakh cases reported each year. This form of cancer is most common in Indian men, and the third most common cause of malignancy in women. The ignorance of reporting it earlier, or also, the risk of detecting the cancerous lumps in the neck, keeps the treatment at bay. A neck dissection is a risk able proposition, considering it cuts around your nerves which control your facial expression and spine, veins and arteries along the neck. As a result, an early detection doesn’t happen very frequently, resulting in untimely deaths-within 12 months of diagnosis.
Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai, an epitome of cancer research and treatment in India, has now achieved another breakthrough in cancer detection technology. Few Tata doctors present at a recent meeting of the American society of Clinical Oncology at Chicago announced their R&D achievement, of an early detection of throat cancer. The findings have also been reported in the English online medical journal, for a reference study in detail. The innovation is an extra cut along the neck, to detect the spread of malignant tumor or cancer, from oral cavity to the neck. The cut would be a preventive treatment (in medical terms prophylaxis), to avoid a radiation or a chemotherapy treatment at a later stage.
Indian figures for throat cancer are notably high, with one lakh cases reported each year. This form of cancer is most common in Indian men, and the third most common cause of malignancy in women. The ignorance of reporting it earlier, or also, the risk of detecting the cancerous lumps in the neck, keeps the treatment at bay. A neck dissection is a risk able proposition, considering it cuts around your nerves which control your facial expression and spine, veins and arteries along the neck. As a result, an early detection doesn’t happen very frequently, resulting in untimely deaths-within 12 months of diagnosis.
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