The formal Inauguration of the 4-day Neuro-Oncology Conference ISNOCON, 2019 was held at Hotel Zehnuma Palace, Bhopal with the lamp lighting. Prof Saraman Singh, Director, AIIMS Bhopal and Pallavi Jain Govil, Principal Secretary (Health) MP was chief guests of this ceremony. On this occasion, neuro-oncologist specialist and researcher from India and abroad were present.
Discussion and research papers were discussed on several important topics on the second day of the conference today. In this conference organized in two parts, today academic discussions were organized by experts on sellar and suprasellar tumors and sterotoxic in neuro-oncology topics. There was a thorough discussion held by experts about the hormone imbalance in the patient's body, especially the growth hormone imbalance as it was observed that this imbalance is seen after several years of treatment so it is necessary to remove the deficiency of this imbalance of the hormone during treatment.
Discussion on about glioma tumors found prominently in older patients was also held in conference. Highlighting the key points of the conference, Dr Nitin Garg, the secretary of the organizing committee, said that in the programme, mainly Research progress in connection with the treatment of brain tumor cells through the modified form of poliovirus also discussed.
Although this technique is going through clinical trials, but implications are very positive and promising.
In the other part of the workshop, experts have discussed the topic of Sterotoxic in neuro oncology. In which use of radiation technique such as the gama knife, radiotherapy which is available in select institutes in India.
In addition, the treatment techniques were also discussed on the methods of subachir by Cyber Knife and LINAC machines.
Dr Suresh Sankhla, President of ISNO in his presidential oration shared his experience of the treatment of Skull based tumor (brain tumor) by telescopic method and endoscopic process.
In the conference ISNO presented award to the specialist for different work in the field of brain tumor treatment and research. Dr Abhidas Shah from KEN Mumbai got Awarded for best clinical researcher while Dr Sridhar from Tata Memorial Hospital Mumbai got Award for his contribution in the field.
Dr Rakesh Jalali, Medical Director and Head of Apollo Proton Center, Radiation Oncology, told that ISNO is working for the awareness of brain tumors throughout the country.
Speaking about photon and proton radiation techniques, he said that proton radiation technology is the most sophisticated technique of treatment, but through this it costs 20 to 25 lakhs, whereas its machine costs around 5 crore Prostate cancer and lung cancer are also treated by proton therapy.