In 112 countries, prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men. A study conducted in 2016-2018 concludes that approximately 12.5% of men will be diagnosed with this type of cancer at some point in their lifetime. It is also the second largest cause of death among men in the United States. Existing treatments for prostate cancer include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy and surgery, which have long term side effects. Herbal medicines and complex herbal compounds have always been used and proven incomparably effective in some of the alternative medicine systems such as the Ayurveda, where a holistic approach in medical diagnosis, treatments and therapies are practiced. Nanotechnology is the concomitant interdisciplinary research platform that can integrate the different medicine systems with the basic molecular science.

Here is a research podcast where Pratheeksha Pillai, a recent PhD graduate of Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM) briefs about her doctoral research, which was on the integration of the naturally available herbal extracts with the clinical drugs, for use in the treatment of early stages of prostate cancer. Her novel research findings promise the reduction of drug toxicity due to a decrease in the drug dosage injected into the patient body, and due to its enhanced bioavailability.

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