Cancer Biology Research area involves with the study of how cancer develops and progresses along with the focus on the mechanisms that are involved in fundamental processes such as cell growth, the transformation of normal cells to cancer cells, and the spread, or metastasis, of cancer cells along with all stages of tumour mechanisms, and progressi...

Clinical oncology refers to any kind of practise or cancer treatments which could include either radiotherapy or systemic therapies like chemotherapy, hormone therapy, some possible biological agents but possibly not be surgeries. It has enhanced the lives of a lot of patients. Generally, in the treatment of cancer it involves different kind of sur...

Neuro oncology is a branch of oncology which deals with the mechanisms related to the brain tumours and studies the various perspectives of its biology like diagnosis , the stage of cancer, brain and central nervous system management and the treatment incorporated for the patient.  The physician who involved with the diagnosis and treatment o...

Carcinoma is a type of cancer that develops from epithelial cells. A carcinoma is a cancer that begins in a tissue that lines the inner or outer surfaces of the body. Carcinomas occur when the DNA of a cell is damaged or altered and the cell begins to grow uncontrollably and become malignant. The Carcinoma’s are classified based on the damage cau...

Biomarkers in the field of oncology brought a revolution in the delivering the precision medicine. Primary a biomarker is a kind of biological factor that advices the certain health conditions in a measurable way as it provides with the idea and the concept of genetic makeup of a person or in a certain disease condition. In the case of disease trea...

Oncology Nursing is the field in which the nurses are specialised in providing the care and support the cancer patients during or after the treatment. Oncology nurses can work in different kind of work settings and are specialised with various trainings such as radiation, chemotherapy, helping the patient, increasing the patient confidence towards ...

Leukaemia is a cancerous condition found in blood and related different categories of blood cells like Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Platelets. As common these abnormalities together indicated to leukaemia. Although the technology advances the exact reason for the cause of leukaemia is still on debate but with these advancements the safe outc...

Ovaries are the reproductive parts in the women which are responsible for releasing the egg through the fallopian tubes for fertilization which further forms into foetus. Ovarian cancer is condition which is found to be developed in the ovaries and recent evidences show that the cancer might also begin at the end of fallopian tubes Based on the dif...

Breast cancer is of different kinds which starts in the breast and based on the part of occurrence they are classified. The breast cancer when developed to the nipple or the milk generating ducts carrying milk to the nipple is called the duct cancer. There is another kind of breast cancer is lobular cancer which is formed in the glands of the breas...

Head and neck cancer are defined from different kinds related to mouth, nose, throat, larynx, pharynx, or paranasal sinus and salivary glands. The major cause of these cancers is found because of the tobacco and alcohol. The detection primarily is by difficult swallowing, throat pain, voice change and many. Identification is made that certain kind ...

Melanin, a pigment which is present in the skin produced from melanocytes in the skin cells. In the condition of melanoma are the abnormalities in the melanocytes ultimately regarded as the skin cancer, occasionally found in the eyes. In the case men the melanoma is observed on the chest and the back but in the case of women it is frequently found ...

Pancreatic cancer is the cancer caused in the tissues of the pancreas which lies in the lower part of the stomach. Pancreas plays the vital role in digestion of fats, carbohydrates and proteins buy producing necessary enzymes. The cancer becomes aggressive with fewer symptoms which include abdominal pain, weight loss, diarrhoea, blood clots, depres...

Radiation therapy is one of the most used treatments for the cancer patients. In this therapy the cancerous cells are destroyed by exposing them to very high radiations in order to kill them. The radiation oncologists are the group of specialized people who performs this process of radiation oncology. The radiations imposed on to the patient’s ca...

The term ‘Chemo’ refers to any kind of chemical or so-called drug. Treatment of cancer with drug to kill the cancerous cells is the main concept of chemotherapy. For some treatments like radiation or any kind of cancer surgery, they are specified to certain part of the body unless in the case of chemotherapy it acts on whole body. It stops the ...

Cryoablation is another type of technique to damage the cancer tissues or cells by exposing them to extreme cold conditions. Thermally conductive fluids are passed through the hallow needles called as cryoprobes are used to reduce the temperature and maintain and by placing them next to the tumour cells and surrounding tissues. This technique is mo...

Precision medicine is a great revolution in the medical field especially in the treatment of cancer and certain kind of heart diseases. This is more functional and specially designed medicine for an individual based on his genetical makeup, lifestyle effecting factors, environmental factors. Although it existed in the field for some if you consider...

Metastasis is a condition which can be simply defined as the spread of cancerous or tumorous cells from the place it started to the new part of the body or the organ and spreading through the body. The new site which the tumour spreads is the site of metastases. The metastasis is considered as the hall mark of the cancer because of its property of ...