The Latest Technology Treatments Of Cancer
                     
 The Latest Technology Treatment Of Cancer



 The Latest Technology Treatment Of Cancer 

 Dr. Wong Weng Seng as Oncologists and Specialist Consultants from the Cancer Centre, SMG 

explained that everyone has cancer cells in his body. Cancer cells can be distinguished from 

normal cells based on a number of morphological characteristics, behavior, and genetic. 

Cancer cells have development of abnormal, it can spread and invade normal cells other right 

'terrorists', and these cells do not have a time deadline live. If a terrorist cell has already spread 

to other organs, the eradication of the disease cancer thoroughly is very difficult to achieve. 

 

 

Cancer treatment is generally determined based on the stage of the cancer and its spread in the 

body. Broadly speaking, there are four types of cancer treatment namely surgery, radiation 

therapy, chemotherapy and hormone therapy. 

Chemotherapy is very commonly performed on cancer patients because this therapy is very 

effective in targeting cancer cells that have spread. 

However, chemotherapy can go kill normal cells healthy in addition to cancer cells, causing 

certain side effects, such as Alopecia, Neutropenia and in some rare cases, Cardiotoxicity. 

Regarding cancer treatment, Cancer Center, the one that offers the treatment current to the 

cancer. Treatment of cancer with increasing time growing. 


If earlier treatment of cancers tend to hit the average for each patient without seeing more in 

detail the condition of the patient concerned, is now treatment for this serious disease has been 

more personal. 

The patient can put hope on the treatment of targeted therapy and immunotherapy which is 

minimal side effects and right on target. 

"The first cancer patients the average is given the same treatment of cancer, such as 

chemotherapy and not selective," said dr Wong Seng Weng, Medical Directory & Consultant 

Specialist Cancer Center (TCC), which is part of the Singapore Medical Group (SMG), in 

Jakarta, Saturday (24/1). 

Chemotherapy, he explained, clearing all the cells, both cancer and healthy. Side effects the 

most visible of the chemical therapy it is a disorder of appetite, hair loss, suppression of the 

immune system, to kidney damage. 

In contrast with targeted therapy, this therapy is only attack the cancer cells or cells undergoing 

cleavage of the uncontrolled growth and spread can be inhibited. 

Before being given this therapy, the patient first must undergo examination of the genetic 

profile. "From here can be known a gene that is mutated so that it can be given the appropriate 

medication. We can also see what is causing the cancer cells continue to grow and spread, then 

used drugs to block the signals involved in the growth of cancer cells," said medical oncologist. 

 

 

 Genetic testing can be done by taking a sample of the results will be a biopsy or a blood sample. 

Further, the drug targeted therapy works by utilizing the gene mutation. 

 


The drug gets into the body and find cells with the mutated genes, and then take him out. Arifin 

Ng, General Manager & Senior Vice President, SMG International Partners say, treatments of 

cancer compared to 10 years ago is already a lot of progress. "After targeted therapy, there is 

immunotherapy that is also minimal side effects," he said. 

In principle, he continued, immunotherapy works by activating the immune system (immune) 

patients. Immunotherapy works by preventing the interaction between T cells belonging to the 

immune system and the tumor. 

When the tumor and T cells interact, a protein in the tumor which is called Programmed Death 

- Ligand 1 (PD-L1) knock out T cells so that immune cells can recognize and kill cancer cells. 

"The combination of immunotherapy with chemotherapy can provide 80 peraen success for the 

treatment of lung cancer," said dr.Wong. In Singapore, immunotherapy in addition to lung 

cancer, is also given for patients with skin cancer (melanoma). 

However, the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency of the United States the US FDA recently 

had also approved the granting of immunotherapy for other types of cancer. 

By doing so, Singapore will implement immunotherapy for other cancers, such as head and 

neck cancer, kidney, stomach, lymph nodes/lymphoma (Hodgkins), and other cancers with 

specific genetic characteristics that are known to Mis-match repair (MMR) deficiency. The 

FDA in May 2007 has approved the use of immunotherapy for cancer with abnormal genes 

called the MMR deficiency . 

Cancer with a gene mutation that more will respond better to immunotherapy. 

According to dr Wong, if the examination of the genetic profile suitable, the patient will be 

given targeted therapy. If it does not fit, immunotherapy be the solution. 

SMG until now has 25 specialist doctors and 51 subspecialists with 35 clinics spread across 

Singapore. 

SMG started to expand abroad in 2015, one of which is Indonesia with Ciputra SMG Eye 

Clinic, and Vietnam. The cancer Centre is located in Paragon Medical & Mount Elizabeth 

Novena.