The Latest Technology Treatment Of Cancer

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The Latest Technology Treatment Of Cancer Dr.
Wong Weng Seng as Oncologists and Specialist
Consultants from the Cancer Centre, SMG
explained that everyone has cancer cells in his
body. Cancer cells can be distinguished from
normal cells based on a number of morphological
characteristics, behavior, and genetic. Cancer
cells have development of abnormal, it can spread
and invade normal cells other right
'terrorists', and these cells do not have a time
deadline live. If a terrorist cell has already
spread to other organs, the eradication of the
disease cancer thoroughly is very difficult to
achieve.
Cancer treatment is generally determined based on
the stage of the cancer and its spread in the
body. Broadly speaking, there are four types of
cancer treatment namely surgery, radiation
therapy, chemotherapy and hormone
therapy. Chemotherapy is very commonly performed
on cancer patients because this therapy is very
effective in targeting cancer cells that have
spread. However, chemotherapy can go kill normal
cells healthy in addition to cancer cells,
causing certain side effects, such as Alopecia,
Neutropenia and in some rare cases,
Cardiotoxicity. Regarding cancer treatment,
Cancer Center, the one that offers the treatment
current to the cancer. Treatment of cancer with
increasing time growing.
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If earlier treatment of cancers tend to hit the
average for each patient without seeing more in
detail the condition of the patient concerned, is
now treatment for this serious disease has been
more personal. The patient can put hope on the
treatment of targeted therapy and immunotherapy
which is minimal side effects and right on
target. "The first cancer patients the average
is given the same treatment of cancer, such as
chemotherapy and not selective," said dr Wong
Seng Weng, Medical Directory Consultant
Specialist Cancer Center (TCC), which is part of
the Singapore Medical Group (SMG), in Jakarta,
Saturday (24/1). Chemotherapy, he explained,
clearing all the cells, both cancer and healthy.
Side effects the most visible of the chemical
therapy it is a disorder of appetite, hair loss,
suppression of the immune system, to kidney
damage. In contrast with targeted therapy, this
therapy is only attack the cancer cells or cells
undergoing cleavage of the uncontrolled growth
and spread can be inhibited. Before being given
this therapy, the patient first must undergo
examination of the genetic profile. "From here
can be known a gene that is mutated so that it
can be given the appropriate medication. We can
also see what is causing the cancer cells
continue to grow and spread, then used drugs to
block the signals involved in the growth of
cancer cells," said medical oncologist.
Genetic testing can be done by taking a sample of
the results will be a biopsy or a blood sample.
Further, the drug targeted therapy works by
utilizing the gene mutation.
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The drug gets into the body and find cells with
the mutated genes, and then take him out. Arifin
Ng, General Manager Senior Vice President, SMG
International Partners say, treatments of cancer
compared to 10 years ago is already a lot of
progress. "After targeted therapy, there is
immunotherapy that is also minimal side effects,"
he said. In principle, he continued,
immunotherapy works by activating the immune
system (immune) patients. Immunotherapy works by
preventing the interaction between T cells
belonging to the immune system and the
tumor. When the tumor and T cells interact, a
protein in the tumor which is called Programmed
Death - Ligand 1 (PD-L1) knock out T cells so
that immune cells can recognize and kill cancer
cells. "The combination of immunotherapy with
chemotherapy can provide 80 peraen success for
the treatment of lung cancer," said dr.Wong. In
Singapore, immunotherapy in addition to lung
cancer, is also given for patients with skin
cancer (melanoma). However, the Food and Drug
Supervisory Agency of the United States the US
FDA recently had also approved the granting of
immunotherapy for other types of cancer. By
doing so, Singapore will implement immunotherapy
for other cancers, such as head and neck cancer,
kidney, stomach, lymph nodes/lymphoma (Hodgkins),
and other cancers with specific genetic
characteristics that are known to Mis-match
repair (MMR) deficiency. The FDA in May 2007 has
approved the use of immunotherapy for cancer with
abnormal genes called the MMR deficiency
. Cancer with a gene mutation that more will
respond better to immunotherapy. According to dr
Wong, if the examination of the genetic profile
suitable, the patient will be given targeted
therapy. If it does not fit, immunotherapy be the
solution. SMG until now has 25 specialist
doctors and 51 subspecialists with 35 clinics
spread across Singapore. SMG started to expand
abroad in 2015, one of which is Indonesia with
Ciputra SMG Eye Clinic, and Vietnam. The cancer
Centre is located in Paragon Medical Mount
Elizabeth Novena.