Early detection and treatment is the key to deal with cancer, eminent experts said at the World Cancer Day celebration organised at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, the faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, on Thursday.
Evolving technology has made it easier to detect the onset of cancer in the human body and infrastructure is being added to ensure better treatment of patients, SOA Vice-Chancellor and eminent neurosurgeon Prof Ashok Kumar Mahapatra told a gathering of cancer patients, survivors, social workers and medical professionals.
A national cancer hospital with 1,000 beds was being set up at the AIIMS, New Delhi but there was need for palliative hospitals and the latest equipment to diagnose and treat cancer, he said.
Prof (Dr) Pusparaj Samantasinhar, Medical Superintedent of IMS and SUM Hospital, reiterated that early detection was the key to combating cancer while pointing out that comprehensive cancer treatment was available in SUM Hospital. “We have all the required technology to correctly detect and treat cancer,” he said.
He also congratulated the doctors, nurses and paramedics of the hospital for their role in battling Coronavirus as SOA managed four standalone Government-run Covid Hospitals and Covid Care Centres. Actor Sabyasachi Mishra graced the occasion as the chief guest.