Today, the medical sector is greatly benefiting from many information technology advancements. With rapid advancements in the field ofIT, medical breakthroughs continue to be made every day all around the world. New treatments and medical techniques are coming out every day.
Chemotherapy and radiation has become an old thing for the treatment of cancer. A lot has happened in recent years to transform how the disease is, and will be, treated with the aid of recent IT advancements. Our knowledge of the mechanisms behind cancer has greatly improved in the last two decades. Immune-oncology or immune-therapy is a field of medical which improves the outcomes of cancer treatment by helping immune system identify and attack tumors. It is a technique that uses the body’s own immune system to fight cancer.
Nanotechnology is fulfilling medical science’s need for more precise treatments that are less invasive, less costly, and less complicated. One application of nanotechnology in medical field, currently being developed involves employing nanoparticles to deliver drugs, heat, light or other substances to specific types of cells (such as cancer cells). The medical advances that may be possible through nanotechnology range from diagnostic to therapeutic, and everything in between.
Today, IT advancements has enabled the surgeons to use 3D visualization and augmented reality for surgery. Surgical applications of 3D printing are evolving rapidly, with 3D printed models being used to plan complex neurosurgical procedures, craniofacial reconstruction and spinal surgery. Virtual and Augmented reality involve the use of computer technology to create simulated and hybrid environments. Today, surgeons use several techniques to visualize the area on which they are to operate, thus augmented reality, which can project three dimensional representations of the patient’s anatomy into the surgeon’s field of view, is likely to improve accuracy and outcomes for patients.
