Husna, Amity University Kolkata What is Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)? Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is cancer in the liver. It is the most common type of primary liver cancer that occurs mostly in people with chronic liver diseases, such as cirrhosis caused by hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a digestive malignant tumour, […]
Sayak Banerjee, Amity University Kolkata Scientists have come over a class of drugs utilized in the treatment of breast and ovarian cancer which might be effective in other types of diseases with inadequate treatment alternatives. These are called PARP inhibitors which have the potential to kill cancer cells carrying a defect in the Polybromo 1(PBRM1) […]
Anuska Sen, Team BioXone “Have you ever heard about bladder cancer?” That’s the question this year’s theme of World Bladder Cancer Awareness Month asks us. It is believed that this one question if asked to people can make many of us “Bladder Cancer Aware”. The World Bladder Cancer Awareness Month is celebrated in May each […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Cells often manifest reversible changes in their properties and phenotypes which is known as cellular plasticity. This is also termed lineage plasticity or lineage switching. Cancer cells use this phenomenon to adapt to stressful conditions and this leads to cancer progression. Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) is an aggressive variant of […]
Richismita Hazra, Amity University Kolkata Human Papillomavirus (HPV) related head and neck cancer is identified as a distinct tumor entity with an elevated incidence reported for several countries. These tumors arise from squamous cells, ordinarily in the oropharynx. In contrast to other risk factors that are associated with cancer, HPV related cancer is driven by […]
