5. Topic :
Personalized Medicine Fight Cancer
Potomac
Knowledge Bridge
Cafe Twin
“There used to be
just a few cancer drugs.
Now there are about 500
in development.” (2016 +)
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7. The dream of personalized medicine:
--A disease is analyzed at the molecular level.
--The analysis identifies a drug target.
--The drug gets delivered where it needs to go.
--The patient gets better.
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9. Cancer Statistics in India
•Estimated number of people living with the disease:
around 2.5 million
•Every year, new cancer patients
registered: Over 7 lakh
•Cancer-related deaths: 5,56,400
Cancers of oral cavity and lungs in males
and cervix and breast in females account
for over 50% of all cancer deaths in India
Source:
cancerindia.org 09
10. Personalized Medicine (PM) Fight Cancer
Intel Collaborative Cancer Cloud Platform
Ready For Digital Health
Precision medicine – taking into account individual differences
in people’s genes, environments, and lifestyles
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11. Public Service
Announcement (PSA)
** visit or link with Club Twin
at Potomac Knowledge Bridge Group
at Linkedin.com Contact: Avi Dey : LinkedIn.com/cafetwin
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