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| December 19, 2005 | Monday | Ziqa’ad 16, 1426 |
Cancer experts give wake-up call to govt
FAISALABAD, Dec 18: Leading oncologists in the country have underscored the need to adopt measures at the government level and create awareness among the public through non-government organizations to control the high incidence of cancer. Speaking to the participants at the concluding ceremony of the 12th Cancer Congress held here under the aegis of the Society of Clinical Oncology Pakistan and the Punjab Medical College’s department of clinical oncology on Sunday, the medical experts said time had come for the doctors and members of the NGOs to join hands to fight the deadly disease.
They said the experts should make quick diagnosis and treat the cancer patients without any delay. “It is an alarming situation that the number of patients is increasing with every passing day owing to the use of tobacco, gutka and a number of other chemicals in different shapes under the direct patronage of the government agencies.”
Society of Clinical Oncology Pakistan president Dr Ibrar Ahmad Javed said over 60 per cent of the cancer patients were addicted to tobacco, gutka and other dangerous herbs. Of these patients, some 40 per cent belongs to the NWFP which is a point to ponder by the authorities concerned.
He stressed that the youngsters should be informed about the repercussions of use of tobacco and other herbs to control the situation. “If the policy-makers and cancer experts will not wake up timely, a maximum number of youths would be the patients of cancer, especially mouth-cancer,” he feared.
The experts also delivered lectures on new frontiers in therapeutic strategies, management of pancreatic carcinoma, mesorectal excision and surgery outcome, oncological management of ovarian cancer, historical aspects of development of radical mastectomy, management of breast cancer, new trends in radiotherapy for management of locally-advanced breast cancer, needle localization biopsy, incidence of brain metastasis in breast cancer in Pakistani women, role of molecular biology in diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, nutrition and patients, and lip reconstruction after ablative surgery issues.
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