Hyderabad: Advances in cancer research are kindling hope among millions across the globe. Several major innovations have come to light at the recently held Apollo Cancer Conclave in which 2,340 scientists and cancer specialists took part. The buzz word at the conclave was “precision oncology treatment.”
Earlier the focus was on general oncology treatment, a treatment protocol which was common for all patients. But now with precision oncology treatment, molecules and genes in the cell are precisely decided upon the target molecule and precise drug and treatment to target it is given.