Cancer is a global threat to mankind. Over the years, significant understanding of the causes, behaviour, and drugs required to treat various cancers has accumulated. However, therapeutic procedures for cancer remain a major concern for scientists.
Depending on the type or location, cancers can be treated through medicines or surgical resection/amputation. However, the recurrence rate of tumours is high after surgery, and chemotherapy remains the primary treatment against tumour recurrence. India accounts for about seven per cent of the global cancer burden, with the highest cancer incidence reported from the North-Eastern Region (NER).
