Dr.Dominic.Ochwang'i
Monday 22 July 2013
Cancer Research in Kenya
Cancer
known medically as malignant neoplasm is a broad group of various diseases, all
involving unregulated cell growth whose main properties include; sustained
proliferative signaling, evasion of growth suppressors, resisting cell death,
enabling replication, inducing angiogenesis, activating invasion and
metastasis, reprogramming energy metabolism and escape of immune destruction. Current treatment
regimens include chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery and chances of
patient survival vary greatly depending on the type and location of the cancer
and the stage of disease at the onset of treatment however the effectiveness of chemotherapy is often limited by
toxicity to other tissues in the body with other serious side effects.There is need to do cancer research not only in Kenya but worldwide to come up with better treatment regimens.herbal?
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