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JAMMU, Feb 13: The\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medical\u00a0<\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>region\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Next\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Generation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sequencing)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>testing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>early\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>detection\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>diagnosis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span>Medical\u00a0<\/span>College\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(GMC),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>sources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GMC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>anticipated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>begin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“the\u00a0<\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Medical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>College\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>test\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>MicroBiology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Department\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>end\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>early\u00a0<\/span>diagnosis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cancer-like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>symptoms.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Notably,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>massively\u00a0<\/span>parallel\u00a0<\/span>sequencing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>provides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>incredibly\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span><\/span>throughput,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>speed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scalability.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Using\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>approach,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nucleotide\u00a0<\/span><\/span>order\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>entire\u00a0<\/span>genomes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>or\u00a0<\/span><\/span>specific\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DNA\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>RNA\u00a0<\/span><\/span>portions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ascertained.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>provides\u00a0<\/span><\/span>speed,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sensitivity,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>accuracy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>benefits\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conventional\u00a0<\/span>approaches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>big\u00a0<\/span>influence\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>community.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>avoids\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>several\u00a0<\/span>tests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>identify\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>causative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mutation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>evaluate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>multiple\u00a0<\/span>genes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>single\u00a0<\/span>experiment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>phase,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>100\u00a0<\/span>tests\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conducted\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>testing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mode,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>based\u00a0<\/span><\/span>upon\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>results,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>regular\u00a0<\/span><\/span>feature.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>early\u00a0<\/span><\/span>diagnosis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>benefit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>prevention\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>treatment.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them,\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>suffering\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chronic\u00a0<\/span>diseases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>benefit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>opening\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>test\u00a0<\/span><\/span>centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>early\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identification\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>assist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>patients\u00a0<\/span><\/span>receive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>treatment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>job,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>NGS\u00a0<\/span><\/span>test\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>expected\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>begin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>next\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>weeks,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Dr.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Prof)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ashutosh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sharma,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>renowned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oncologist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>principal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Medical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>College\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>principal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“It\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>kind\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facility\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>GMC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>region,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breast\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>initially.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Reports\u00a0<\/span><\/span>state\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>previous\u00a0<\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>years,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>55,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>found\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Kashmir<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Health\u00a0<\/span>Ministry\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reports\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>there\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>12396\u00a0<\/span><\/span>instances\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2019,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>12726\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2020,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>13060\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2021,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>13395\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Fifty\u00a0<\/span>percent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cancer-related\u00a0<\/span>deaths\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attributable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breast,\u00a0<\/span>cervical,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mouth\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lung\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lung\u00a0<\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>males.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>official\u00a0<\/span>sources,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“the\u00a0<\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Cancer\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>registered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span><\/span>6,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cancer\u00a0<\/span>cases\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>year.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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JAMMU, Feb 13: The\u00a0first\u00a0medical\u00a0facility\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Jammu\u00a0region\u00a0to\u00a0have\u00a0an\u00a0NGS\u00a0(Next\u00a0Generation\u00a0Sequencing)\u00a0testing\u00a0facility\u00a0for\u00a0early\u00a0cancer\u00a0detection\u00a0and\u00a0diagnosis\u00a0is\u00a0the\u00a0Government\u00a0Medical\u00a0College\u00a0and\u00a0Hospital\u00a0(GMC),\u00a0Jammu. According\u00a0to\u00a0official\u00a0sources\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday,\u00a0work\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0NGS\u00a0facility\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Jammu\u00a0GMC\u00a0is\u00a0anticipated\u00a0to\u00a0begin\u00a0in\u00a0February. According\u00a0to\u00a0sources,\u00a0“the\u00a0Government\u00a0Medical\u00a0College\u00a0and\u00a0Hospital\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0will\u00a0have\u00a0the\u00a0NGS\u00a0test\u00a0facility\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0MicroBiology\u00a0Department\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0end\u00a0of\u00a0February\u00a0for\u00a0early\u00a0diagnosis\u00a0of\u00a0cancer-like\u00a0symptoms.”Notably,\u00a0the\u00a0NGS\u00a0is\u00a0a\u00a0massively\u00a0parallel\u00a0sequencing\u00a0technology\u00a0that\u00a0provides\u00a0incredibly\u00a0high\u00a0throughput,\u00a0speed,\u00a0and\u00a0scalability. Using\u00a0this\u00a0approach,\u00a0the\u00a0nucleotide\u00a0order\u00a0of\u00a0entire\u00a0genomes\u00a0or\u00a0specific\u00a0DNA\u00a0or\u00a0RNA\u00a0portions\u00a0can\u00a0be\u00a0ascertained. NGS\u00a0provides\u00a0speed,\u00a0sensitivity,\u00a0and\u00a0accuracy\u00a0benefits\u00a0over\u00a0conventional\u00a0approaches\u00a0that\u00a0could\u00a0have\u00a0a\u00a0big\u00a0influence\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0cancer\u00a0community.NGS\u00a0avoids\u00a0the\u00a0need\u00a0to\u00a0order\u00a0several\u00a0tests\u00a0in\u00a0order\u00a0to\u00a0identify\u00a0the\u00a0causative\u00a0mutation\u00a0because\u00a0it\u00a0can\u00a0evaluate\u00a0multiple\u00a0genes\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0single\u00a0experiment. According\u00a0to\u00a0official\u00a0sources,\u00a0“in\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0phase,\u00a0100\u00a0tests\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0conducted\u00a0in\u00a0testing\u00a0mode,\u00a0and\u00a0based\u00a0upon\u00a0the\u00a0results,\u00a0the\u00a0facility\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0a\u00a0regular\u00a0feature.”\u00a0They\u00a0also\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0early\u00a0diagnosis\u00a0of\u00a0cancer\u00a0can\u00a0benefit\u00a0in\u00a0both\u00a0prevention\u00a0and\u00a0treatment. According\u00a0to\u00a0them,\u00a0people\u00a0suffering\u00a0from\u00a0chronic\u00a0diseases\u00a0will\u00a0benefit\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0opening\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0NGS\u00a0test\u00a0centre\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0early\u00a0identification\u00a0can\u00a0assist\u00a0patients\u00a0receive\u00a0treatment\u00a0on\u00a0time.“We\u00a0are\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0job,\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0NGS\u00a0test\u00a0facility\u00a0is\u00a0expected\u00a0to\u00a0begin\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0hospital\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0next\u00a0two\u00a0weeks,”\u00a0stated\u00a0Dr.\u00a0(Prof)\u00a0Ashutosh\u00a0Sharma,\u00a0a\u00a0renowned\u00a0oncologist\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0principal\u00a0of\u00a0Government\u00a0Medical\u00a0College\u00a0and\u00a0Hospital\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu. The\u00a0principal\u00a0stated,\u00a0“It\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0of\u00a0its\u00a0kind\u00a0facility\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0GMC\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Jammu\u00a0region,\u00a0and\u00a0it\u00a0will\u00a0start\u00a0with\u00a0breast\u00a0cancer\u00a0initially.” Reports\u00a0state\u00a0that\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0previous\u00a0five\u00a0years,\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a055,000\u00a0cases\u00a0of\u00a0cancer\u00a0were\u00a0found\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir. 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