BIOC19H3 Lecture : C19_cancer_lecture_additional_notes_Nov_2011.doc
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Converting new discoveries in the laboratory into improved clinical treatments for cancer patients: immunotherapy is an example of how the bodies own defense mechanisms can be used to target and destroy cancer cells. It starts as a lump or tumor in the breast and later tumor cells migrate out of the breast and invade other tissues in the body. Cancer of the colon and cancer of the stomach is a big problem in people in western countries. By gastroscopy and colonoscopy whereby a probe is inserted down the throat or up the rectum and a doctor can view any tumors that are forming in the stomach of cancer. Northern europe countries with pale skin migrate to tropical countries like australia. Are there screening tests for other types of cancers: in the research pipeline are new screening tests for a range of other cancers.
