Speaking at a session on 'Nano Medicine' at Bengaluru India Nano-2017, he said the technology, when fully developed and tested, will help in healing cancer without surgery or chemotherapy. It is among the new techniques to cure cancer being developed and is expected to drastically reduce the treatment cost and cut-off hospital stay. "Many of the patients affected by cancer have to spend in lakhs for proper diagnosis and treatment," he said, adding that average cost comes around `3 to `5 lakh per patient.
According to Rohit, nanoshells filled with anti-cancer drug and coated with gold nano-particles, are targeted at the cancer cells. Then, the nanoshells are heated to around 50 degrees using Near Infrared Light, causing the shell to disintegrate and deliver the drug at the cancer site. He said that Phase 1 trials were complete and they were preparing for Phase 2 testing of the procedure.
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