India to face ‘tsunami’ of chronic diseases like cancer: Oncologist

According to Dr. Gem Abraham, one of the six trends that will reshape cancer care in this century is the development of cancer vaccines for both prevention and treatment. According to the chairman of the department of hematology and medical oncology, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA, artificial intelligence and expansion of data digital technology are also included in the trends.

The use of genomic profiling, advances in gene editing technology, use of next-generation immunotherapies, and CAR T cell treatment are other topics, according to Dr. Abraham’s excerpt in the Manorama Year Book 2023. He said that while new technologies continue to revolutionize cancer care, India’s biggest problem will be how to make it affordable and accessible to its millions.

Globocan estimates that due to demographic changes, there will be 28.4 million new cases of cancer worldwide in 2040, a 47% increase from 2020. risk factors brought by globalization And an expanding economy could make it worse.

In 2020, it is predicted that there will be 19.3 million new cancer diagnoses and more than 10 million cancer deaths worldwide. According to the report, female breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death, accounting for an estimated 1.8 million deaths (18%), followed by colorectal (9.4%), liver (8.3%), stomach (7.7%) and female breast. (6.9%) Cancer.

According to Dr. Abraham, cancer vaccines are a promising area of ​​study with the potential to immunize patients against various types of cancer. Researchers have created surprisingly effective mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The truth is that for more than ten years, mRNA-based cancer therapy vaccines have been studied in modest studies with some encouraging preliminary findings.

(with agency inputs)