Knowledge on personalized medicine

Maybe you are a breast cancer survivor? Breast cancer is surprisingly common. About 13% of women experience breast cancer some time in their life. The good news is that most cases of breast cancer are successfully treated. But even with the high cure rate, breast cancer kills almost as many women as lung cancer. About 10% of breast cancer treatments are unsuccessful, even with the state-of-the-art treatments now available.

Triple negative breast cancers are aggressive and can grow quickly, however, your prognosis depends on more factors than your cancer subtype.

Cervical cancer is considered to be treatable and curable when identified at an early stage. The Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is the main...

Age is considered the major unchangeable risk factor for sporadic colon cancer with nearly 70% of patients being over 65 years of age.

Prostate cancer is a complex disease that affects millions of men worldwide [1-3]. It is the second most common cancer in men after lung cancer, accounting for 7% of newly diagnosed cancer cases among men globally [1, 2]. Overall, prostate cancer is one of the most common solid malignancies. Each year, more than 1.2 million new cases are diagnosed globally, with prostate cancer-related deaths exceeding 350,000, making it one of the leading causes of cancer-related death in men

Uterine cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the endometrium, the inner lining of the uterus. The uterus is a hollow, pear-shaped pelvic organ where fetal development takes place. Uterine cancer is the sixth most common cancer among women and the fifteenth most common cancer in general.

Lung cancer is a type of cancer that is caused by uncontrolled cell growth in lung tissue. Cancers that originate in other parts of the body and spread (metastasize) to the lungs are not considered lung cancer and should be named after the site of origin. Lung cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer mortality. An estimated 2 206 771 people were diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020 worldwide [1].