Are There Better Treatments for Cancer Than Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy? - Afshin Abrishamkar

Year
2023
Organisation
Summary

his talk outlines the scale of cancer in Canada and argues that traditional chemotherapy, while important, is limited by toxicity, discomfort, and poor tumor targeting. It highlights promising newer approaches including nanoparticle drug delivery, liposomal therapies, complex nanotherapies with imaging and heat generation, and future possibilities such as cancer vaccines.