2. Cancer Statistics
According to the most
recent statistics, an
estimated 1,596,670
men and women will
be diagnosed with
cancer this year.
About 571,950 of
those diagnosed with
cancer of all sites will
die from it.
3. What is Cancer?
The disease caused by an uncontrolled division
of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
A malignant growth or tumor resulting from such a
division of cells.
5. Cancer Cont.
Cancer screening may
reduce cancer morbidity
since treatment of cancer
in early stages is often
less aggressive than it is
in more advanced stages.
Most cancer screenings
are non-invasive or
minimally invasive and
carry some risks including
false-negative screening
tests, which may delay
diagnosis and treatment
or false-positive tests,
which may cause
unnecessary anxiety and
other procedures that are
6. Cancer Treatments: Currently, there are several
methods that are used to identify cancerous cells.
Specific types of tests include:
Mammograms Computed Tomography
This is a test that This is a diagnostic
takes X-ray pictures procedure that uses
of the breast. special X-ray
equipment to take
cross-sectional
pictures of the body.
Computers display
these pictures as
detailed images.
7. Cancer Treatments Cont.
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Pap Test (PSA) Test
This is also called a This test analyzes the
pap smear or cervical amount of PSA in the
cytology. It examines blood by obtaining
cells by using a blood samples.
wooden scraper and
brush to obtain cell
samples.
8. Cancer Detecting App
An app has been
created by a team of
medical doctors at
Harvard University.
The device can tell if a
tumor is cancerous in
almost no time at all!
It is said that the 200-
dollar mini diagnosis
device might just be
medicine's next big
thing. It is considered
to be one of the
world's smallest
cancer diagnostic
9. Cesar M. Castro, M.D., Physician Investigator
Developed by doctor
Cesar Castro and a
team of researchers at
Mass General Hospital,
a mini nuclear magnetic
resonance machine or
NMR, tests tumor cells
and is operated by
smartphone and tablet
software that interprets
the information. It's
designed to be easy-to-
use and accurate for
clinicians.
10. Tests are faster than Biopsies
If you spot a suspicious lump, Doctor Castro says
you normally get a biopsy then wait three to
seven days to find out if it's cancerous. With this,
biopsy results only take 60 minutes!
11. Medical Advancement
Usually, large samples of tissue The small system requires a
are needed to analyze for small amount of tissue for
cancer, but the new miniature testing, and so far, it can identify
nuclear magnetic resonance up to 12 cancer markers. In one
machine (NMR) can detect and study, it correctly diagnosed 48
screen cancer cells from a out of 50 suspicious masses as
microscopic tissue sample. This cancerous or non-cancerous. In
new device can tell the a subsequent test, it got 20 out
difference between benign of 20 right.
tumors and malignant growths
with up to 100 percent accuracy
based on testing that was done
on patients with abnormal
stomach tissue. More extensive
clinical trials are in the works as
this device has great potential
for cancer detection and
diagnosis. The system currently
utilizes a miniaturized NMR
probe for single-cell detection
and uses a user-friendly iPhone
interface.
12. Tumor Detecting App Cont.
Basically, the antibodies find the bad cells,
and then the nanoparticles signal you to what
those bad cells are.
13. When Will This Be Available?
The components of the tumor diagnosing device
only cost about two-hundred dollars. Doctor
Castro would like to see it in rural and community
hospitals that can't afford expensive medical
equipment. The machine is still being tested, and
it could be five to ten years before it's available
for widespread use.
14. Tumor Detecting App
Advantages Disadvantages
Results take 60min. NONE! (except for the
Instead of 3-7 days. fact that it will not be
Can diagnose every available to hospitals
variety of cancer. until further testing is
Results are 100%
complete) It is
accurate. completely beneficial
to patients and
cheaply priced.
15. How will this enhance the lives of the
patients involved?
This new device will give results sooner, so that
actions for treatment be done quickly.
16. Why do I feel this advancement is
important?
I believe this advancement to be important
because this device will bring quicker results. It
will not only reduce anxiety but also increasing
the efficiency and accuracy of cancer diagnosis;
and because it the “Tumor Detecting App” title
caught my attention (it sounded cool).
17. Cancer Facts
There are more than About 70% of all
100 types of cancer deaths occur
cancers; any part of in low- and middle-
the body can be income countries.
affected. Worldwide, the 5 most
In 2008, 7.6 million common types of
people died of cancer that kill men
cancer - 13% of all are (in order of
deaths worldwide. frequency): lung,
stomach, liver,
colorectal and
oesophagus.
18. Cancer Facts Cont.
Worldwide, the 5 most One fifth of all cancers
common types of worldwide are caused
cancer that kill women by a chronic infection,
are (in the order of for example human
frequency): breast, papillomavirus (HPV)
lung, stomach, causes cervical
colorectal and cancer and hepatitis B
cervical. virus (HBV) causes
Tobacco use is the liver cancer.
single largest
preventable cause of
cancer in the world.
19. Cancer Facts Cont.
More than 30% of People with a family
cancers could be history of cancer are
cured if detected early more likely to have
and treated cancer than those
adequately. who do not have a
More than 30% of family history of
cancer could be cancer.
prevented, mainly by
not using tobacco,
having a healthy diet,
being physically active
and preventing
infections that may
20. References
https://www.google.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health
&id=8415980
http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/health
/health_watch&id=8394007
http://www.cancer.org/Research/CancerFactsFigures/i
ndex
Dr. Castro’s interview discussing the new device can
be found below
http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/kota/INDEPTH/3361%
20Dr.%20Castro.pdf
