Precision medicine tends to target a tumor’s specific set of mutations to improve treatment and reduce side effects.

Our Changing Understanding of Cancer

Cancer develops when damage to a cell’s DNA allows or causes the cell to grow and divide uncontrollably, eventually forming a malignant tumor.

Cancers used to be grouped and treated according to where they are found in the body. For instance, all children with a certain kidney tumor would receive the same treatment.

Genes Often Trump

Oncologist now find the patients’ tumors are often driven by unique combinations of DNA mutations. Collectively, these changes are called a tumor’s mutation profile. When it comes to treating cancer, knowing which mutations are in a tumor’s profile may be more important than where the tumor is found. For instance, the same brain tumor in three children might have a different mutation profile in each child.

Meanwhile, tumors in three different children might have the same mutation profile, even though the tumors are found in different places in the body.

Precision Cancer Medicine

The goal of precision medicine is to treat patients with drugs that target the specific genetic mutations in their tumors, regardless of where the tumors are found. This approach may improve the success of treatment and reduce side effects.

Precision medicine is one of the advanced cancer treatment at Park Hospital, India. Park Hospital’s pediatric cancer treatment program differs from other oncology hospital treatment program it features the most advanced cancer treatment for pediatric which includes precision medicine. Park Cancer Care Hospital is having presence in Gurgaon, Karnal, Delhi, Faridabad and Panipat.