Haridwar: Max Super Speciality Hospital, Dehradun, raised awareness about precision cancer treatment, an advanced approach that identifies and directly target cancer cells while protecting the surrounding healthy cells. Unlike conventional chemotherapy and radiation therapy, this advanced technique focuses on the genes and proteins responsible for cancer growth.
In traditional cancer treatment, patients often experience fatigue, vomiting, hair loss, and other severe side effects. The advantage of targeted therapy is that it ensures fewer side effects, higher accuracy, and better recovery. With this technique, doctors can create a personalised treatment plan for the patient based on their disease condition and genetic profile.
Dr. Amit Badola, Consultant, Medical Oncology, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Dehradun, said, “Nowadays, cancer treatment is not just limited to medicines. We can now understand the genetic changes in the patient’s body and the behaviour of cancer cells before deciding on its treatment. Precision therapy has shown remarkable success in breast cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, and several other types of blood cancers. The greatest benefit is that patients can maintain a relatively normal lifestyle even during treatment.”
Dr. Badola, further added, “Targeted therapy is a revolution in cancer treatment. It allows us to choose drugs based on the patient’s genetic profile. This not only improves the quality of life but also helps in controlling the disease for a longer duration.”
The Oncology Department at Max Hospital, Dehradun, equipped with modern diagnostic facilities, immunotherapy, robotic surgery, and targeted drugs, is providing world-class cancer treatment to patients from Uttarakhand and nearby regions. Cancer patients from the state no longer need to travel to bigger cities or abroad for advanced treatment.
