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Cancer care poses a significant economic burden on countries: expert
Cancer care poses a significant economic burden on countries, and there is an urgent need to study impactful cancer treatment methods, observed Oregon Health and Science University (USA) researcher Sanjay Malhotra at GITAM Deemed to be university here on Monday (August 18).
He was participating in the 'International SPARC Cancer Research Conclave' jointly organised by GITAM School of Science and Oregon Health and Science University. Mr. Malhotra mentioned that the global incidence of breast cancer has been rising at an annual increase of 3.1%. He recollected that in 2020, around 6.8 lakh women died due to breast cancer at global level.
He said that triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly heterogeneous disease with distinct features at the pathological, molecular and clinical levels that are associated with lower survival rates than other subtypes of breast cancer.
The TNBC is a highly aggressive subtype of breast cancer and constitutes 15-20% of all breast cancer cases. TNBC cancers present myriad clinical challenges due to their heterogeneity, poor prognosis, high recurrence and high incidence of metastasis. Dysregulation of protein translation is a frequent feature of cancer, he added.
He revealed that his research team at Oregon Health and Science University identified a combination of treatments that show promise in slowing the progression of cancer and reducing tumour growth.
GITAM School of Science Dean S. Anantha Rama Krishna said the SPARC project, officially known as the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration, is an initiative by the Ministry of Education to enhance the research ecosystem in Indian higher education institutions by fostering collaborations between Indian institutions and top- ranked international institutions.
