Overview
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Context
Twelve patients in the United States were completely cured of rectal cancer without requiring any surgery or chemotherapy found in a medical trial.
About
What is Rectal Cancer?
What is PD1 Therapy?
What are monoclonal antibodies?
Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-produced molecules engineered to serve as substitute antibodies that can restore, enhance, modify or mimic the immune system's attack on cells that aren't wanted, such as cancer cells.
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Key terms related to the Trial Mismatch repair deficient cancer
Dostarlimab
Checkpoint inhibitors
T cells
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Analysis
Why is treating Cancer so difficult?
What does the new discovery bring for India?
Measures to be taken for early detection of diseases
Conclusion
Where resources are limited, diagnosis and treatment services should initially target all patients presenting with curable cancers, such as breast, cervical and oral cancers that can be detected early. They could also include childhood acute lymphatic leukaemia, which has a high potential for cure although it cannot be detected early. Above all, services need to be provided in an equitable and sustainable manner. As and when more resources become available, the programme can be extended to include other curable cancers as well as cancers for which treatment can prolong survival considerably.
Verifying, please be patient.