Targeted Drug Therapy in Colon Cancer- An Evidence Based Research

Authors: Prof. (dr.) Tapan Kumar Chatterjee, Dr. Saumen Karan,
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Hippocrates (460-370 B.C), a physician has first described the word Cancer. It was coming from the Greek word Karkinos. [ 1 ] Human bone cancer was found in the mummies in ancient Egypt, and some ancient Manuscripts also talked about it about 1600 B.C.The world’s oldest cancer records were found as breast cancer in Egypt in 1500 B.C., and it was also found that there was no treatment for cancer. Only palliative treatment was available [2].H. Scherf, et al.[3]in the year 2015 has revealed the oldest known case of cancer in humans. Up to 1960, Surgery and radiotherapy ruled the field of cancer therapy, and it became clear that cure rates of radical local treatments were about 33% due to the presence of heretofore unappreciated micrometastases. Today combination chemotherapy could cure patients with various cancers at an advanced stage. June Goodfield,[5] a British historian,has said on this content: “Cancer begins and ends with people. Amid scientific abstraction, it is sometimes possible to forget this one basic fact. Doctors treat diseases, but they also treat people, and this precondition of their professional existence sometimes pulls them in two directions at once.”

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Prof. (dr.) Tapan Kumar Chatterjee

Prof.T. K Chatterjee, the former UGC (Govt. of India) Research Scientist and retired Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, has been dynamically engaged in Pharmacological and Toxicological research and teaching for the past three decades. Presently, he is holding the post of Dean, School of Pharmacy at JIS University, Kolkata. He is the author of more than 156 research papers in journals of National and International repute and has written multiple books entitled "Handbook on Laboratory Mice and Rats" (1993), "Herbal Options" (1st edition 1996, 2nd edition 1997, 3rd edition 1999), "Chemotherapy of Tropical Parasitic Infection" (1st edition1995, 2nd edition 1999), "Skin Diseases and Treatment " (1st edition 1999), "A handbook of Pharmacology" (2011). "Pharmacological Properties of Coccania grandis" (2012) "Medicinal Plant Abrus precatorious L." (2012), “Anti-Diabetic Plant Steospermum suaveolens (Roxb.) DC" (2012), "Rodents for Pharmacological Experiments" (2013), "Antioxidant and Anti-Diabetic Activities of Polyalthia longifolia Leaves" (2013), "Databook for Clinical Pharmacology" (2014), "Quintessence of Pharmacovigilance" (2017) and “Essentials of Herbal options” (2020) have attracted widespread appreciation from various organizations of Pharmaceutical & Medical communities. Presentation of his research at international conferences in Sweden, Germany, Belgium, U.K, Brazil and USA are well documented. He has mentored more than twenty-seven Ph.D and forty-six M.Pharm dissertation thesis of the students. He is also a free-lance Bio- Medical writer with renowned expertise. He has furthermore received multiple prestigious awards like Ram Mohan Puraskar, Aadi Samman, NIMA Award, Nagarjun Puraskar, and Outstanding Scientist Award for his contributions to Pharmaceuticals Science and Research. Prof. Chatterjee is the owner of many patents (Granted & Pending) for his research work were regarded in high esteem for embracing in-depth expertise on the relevant topics of his research.

Dr. Saumen Karan

Dr. Saumen Karan, after completing his graduation and postgraduation degree in Pharmacy from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, in 2013, got a UGC-BSR Meritorious Fellowship by University Grant Commission (UGC), Govt. of India, for further study and consequently joined Jadavpur University as a research scholar for his Ph.D. program under the supervision of Prof. T. K. Chatterjee and was awarded a doctorate (Ph.D. in pharmacy) in 2020, where he has conducted research on microsphere, a carrier in the anticancer drug delivery system, especially on colon cancer. Since 2010, he has been researching cancer biology. And has published more than 20 research papers in National and International journals. Presently Dr. Karan is continuing cancer research as a postdoctoral fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA.