{"id":4623,"date":"2020-03-13T11:42:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/?p=4623"},"modified":"2020-04-20T07:22:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T07:22:41","slug":"blood-tests-making-cancer-recurrence-easy-to-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/blood-tests-making-cancer-recurrence-easy-to-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Tests Making Cancer Recurrence Easy To Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Melanoma. A high-risk type of skin cancer known to be dangerous for its low chances of full recovery. This skin cancer is caused by ultraviolet rays when unrepairable skin cells develop and grow into malignant tumours. Due to the increase of global warming and artificial treatments like tanning beds, there has been a slight rise in the number of melanoma cases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If caught early, melanoma is easy to treat but with a little delay, the tumour can spread to other parts of the body. At this stage, it becomes difficult to treat cancer effectively. While it isn\u2019t common, patients with melanoma have slim survival rates, with very little predictability. This is because once the patient is treated and is in his recovery stage, doctors have very little understanding on how to monitor if the patient would relapse and did not have a way to predict the cancer\u2019s return, despite extensive research. Until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To know more: When Shah Rukh khan Met Aruna<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solved With a Blood Test<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For a long time, predicting the return of the cancer, post-treatment seemed to be a complex problem. But a research conducted at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute found a simple answer to this problem\u2014a blood test. Having analysed the blood samples of 161 patients post-surgery, these researchers figured out signs that indicate a relapse is possible, allowing them to categorising these patients according to the level of risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blood test that is taken post-surgery can help doctors analyse and understand if the patient still carries the faulty cells that cause melanoma. Melanoma skin cancer can be linked to two genes\u2014BRAF and NRAS\u2014and testing the patient\u2019s blood for these genes speeds up the process of catching the cancer the second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oncologists believe that patients with advanced melanoma are bound to relapse but without any concrete proof as to which of the many patients are high risk, it felt like a search in the dark. With this discovery, it makes it easier for doctors to keep a closer look at the high-risk patients and treat melanoma as soon as it develops, ensuring it doesn\u2019t spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With this discovery, oncologists can closely breakdown melanoma and make it easier to increase survival rates and easily develop treatments for the patients months before the skin cancer even develops. Such a simple solve also shows that even the most complex medical problems can be dealt with basic medical procedures.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also read: Cancer blood tests: Lab tests used in<\/a> cancer diagnosis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Melanoma. A high-risk type of skin cancer known to be dangerous for its low chances of full recovery. This skin cancer is caused by ultraviolet rays when unrepairable skin cells develop and grow into malignant tumours. Due to the increase of global warming and artificial treatments like tanning beds, there has been a slight rise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[79],"tags":[83],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Blood-Test-blog-5-1-1.jpg?fit=580%2C386&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6283,"url":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/melanoma-skin-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":4623,"position":0},"title":"Melanoma Skin Cancer","date":"April 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Cancer is the growth of abnormal cells that take over neighboring cells and tissues and, at later stages, also spread to organs. Melanoma Skin Cancer","rel":"","context":"In "Cancer Type"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6106,"url":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/zuvius-launches-dazine-in-100mg-and-500mg\/","url_meta":{"origin":4623,"position":1},"title":"Zuvius Launches Dazine In 100mg And 500mg","date":"May 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Zuvius Launches Dazine in 100mg and 500mg, used in the treatment of Cancer melanoma (a type of skin cancer)","rel":"","context":"In "Press Release"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-17.jpg?fit=320%2C284&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6256,"url":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/skin-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":4623,"position":2},"title":"Skin Cancer","date":"April 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Skin is a protective layer that covers our whole body. Skin Cancer","rel":"","context":"In "Cancer Type"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-9.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4855,"url":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/according-to-researchers-people-with-red-hair-have-increased-risks-of-being-diagnosed-with-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":4623,"position":3},"title":"According To Researchers, People With Red Hair Have Increased Risks Of Being Diagnosed With Cancer","date":"March 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"People with red hair in their gene pool have high risks of being diagnosed with Cancer. According to Researchers of Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, individuals who have two copies of this gene develop red hair, freckles and pale skin that increases the risk of being diagnosed with Skin Cancer.\u00a0Those with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","img":{"alt_text":"According To Researchers, People With Red Hair Have Increased Risks Of Being Diagnosed With Cancer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/red-hair-blog-45.jpg?fit=750%2C458&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4657,"url":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/killing-skin-cancer-cells-one-plant-extract-at-a-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":4623,"position":4},"title":"Killing Skin Cancer Cells, One Plant Extract At A Time","date":"March 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"India is moving quickly in its journey to create scientific history. One such instance is the discovery that came out this month, about the correlation between Anthocephalus cadamba, an Indian medicinal plant, and Skin Cancer cure. Increase in Cases of Skin Cancer Skin Cancer incidents are on the rise now,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blog"","img":{"alt_text":"Killing Skin Cancer Cells, One Plant Extract At A Time","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Killing-Skin-cancer-blog-9.jpg?fit=900%2C657&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6280,"url":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/penile-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":4623,"position":5},"title":"Penile Cancer","date":"April 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The penis is a rod-shaped external male reproductive organ. Penile cancer","rel":"","context":"In "Cancer Type"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/image-12-3.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4623"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4641,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4623\/revisions\/4641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zuviuslifesciences.in\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}