Cancer treatment is no longer limited to chemotherapy; radiation and surgery, there are dozens of variation of medications being used today to work with your body to help destroy the cancer cells. Also, a new chip has been developed for cancer treatment. This glass chip performs a diagnostic test that allows abnormalities in chromosomes that hold vital genetic information, to be located. Chromosomes are often broken, abnormal or rejoined incorrectly when cancer is present.

The chip allows doctors to assess the effectiveness of cancer treatment and to determine if cancer is returning after remission. This test involves attaching colored dyes to chromosomes to detect abnormalities and is usually performed in labs. The fact about this test is that it is a little expensive. Patients have to take a variety of drugs and treatments so that doctors can detect any abnormalities in chromosomes. The results of the test can be available within 24 hours as opposed to the days it currently takes to generate results.

With this new chip, sophisticated health care will become very accessible to people. Meanwhile this research is still awaiting regulatory approval; unofficial tests are still being conducted to further improve the discovery.