Archive · 10 Dec 2025
AI aids cancer diagnosis and treatment
A doctor named Dr. Y Mounika Reddy, who specializes in treating cancer, spoke at a conference.
She explained that her job involves using different medicines to fight cancer.
These medicines can be like chemotherapy, which attacks cancer cells but can also affect healthy cells.
There are also special medicines that target only cancer cells, and others that help the body's own defense system fight cancer.
The doctor said that in India, the field of cancer treatment is making big progress, and new technologies like AI are helping doctors to diagnose cancer and plan the best treatment for each patient.
Dr. Y Mounika Reddy is a Medical Oncologist at Nellore Medicover Hospital.
Medical Oncology focuses on cancer treatment using drug-based therapies like chemotherapy, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and hormone therapy.
Medical oncologists play a key role in diagnosing, staging, and treating cancer.
AI is helping in cancer diagnosis and treatment planning in India.
Different therapies have varying effects on cancer cells and healthy cells.
- Who
- Dr Y Mounika Reddy, Medical Oncologist
- What
- AI is helping in cancer diagnosis and treatment
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Nellore, India
- Why
- To improve cancer diagnosis and treatment planning
- Specialist
- Medical Oncologist
- Hospital
- Nellore Medicover Hospital
- Therapies
- Chemotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Hormone Therapy
- AI Role
- Cancer diagnosis and treatment planning
- Location
- Nellore, India