Contribution of Nobel Laureate and Physicist Sir CV Raman in Oncosurgery

Raman spectroscopy discovered by Nobel laureate Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman from India in 1928 changed the history of Oncosurgery and gave a new direction and dimension to the diagnosis, management, screening, and treatment of cancer. The amalgamation of laser and artificial intelligence in spectroscopy made this invention of Raman an extremely useful non-invasive tool in cancer surgery and management. Apart from intraoperative guidance, early detection, and tumor classification, Raman spectroscopy was found to be useful in the assessment of residual disease, therapeutic monitoring of chemotherapy drugs and radiotherapy, biomarker invention, drug delivery monitoring, and cancer screening. While Raman spectroscopy shows great promise in cancer research and diagnosis, it is still a developing field, and further research is needed to fully understand its potential.