Renowned Oncologist Dr Sanjay Sharma has said that smoking and chewing tobacco, fatty, carbohydrate food, lack of balanced diet, irregular lifestyle and lack of personal hygiene are the main reasons of various cancers in our country.
He was speaking on Saturday in a cancer awareness workshop held at Sant Hirdaram Girls college of Sant Hirdaram Nagar. On the occasion senior Oncologist of Asian cancer hospital Mumbai Dr Dinesh Pendharkar was also present.
Dr Sanjay Sharma said that women often suffer from cancer of breast and uterine cancer. In view to save herself from these dreaded diseases, they should take care of body mass index and balanced diet. Women who do not breast feed their babies are also cancer prone.
After the age of 40 years if the women experience symptoms of tumour in their breast and it is not painful then she should immediately consult the oncologist. He said that 85 per cent patients of breast cancer can be cured by timely treatment. He disclosed that by latest robotic surgery method, tumours of breast can be easily treated.
Dr Sharma said late marriages of girls and lack of personal hygiene are other causes of cancer in women. He added that women should add good healthy habits like eating fruits, regular exercise, personal hygiene etc. He informed that the survival rate of cancer patients was mere 5 per cent before the year 1978. But this rate of survival of patients is now increased to 44 per cent.
Oncologist Dr Dinesh Pendharkar has said that no one should ignore the prolong swelling in the body. He told that the growth of carcinogenic tumour is asymptomatic in terms of pain and tenderness. Dr Pendharkar said that if there is abnormal change in regular habits of a person, they should pay attention towards this change. If any person finds a small ulcer in the mouth which is long standing can also be symptoms of cancer.
In the beginning, Dr Poonam Parwani delivered the welcome speech, senior social activist Nagendra Singh, introduce with the objects of workshop. Programme was conducted by Pramita Dubey Parmar and vote of thanks was proposed by Enosh George Carlo, Sec Bharatiya Yuva Drishti. On the occasion Trustees Serva Hero Gyanchandani, Hero Keswani, AC Sadhwani, Ramesh Rajani, Carporator of BMC Deepa Vaswani were especially present in the workshop.