The Hindu : Global meet on eye cancer from today

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Friday, Jan 23, 2004

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Global meet on eye cancer from today

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD, JAN. 22. India which has the dubious distinction of 25 per cent of eye cancer cases in the world will host the four-day 11th International Congress of Ocular Oncology beginning here on Friday.

Six hundred cancer specialists and experts will attend the congress which is being organised by L.V. Prasad Eye Institute.

During the congress the International Society of Ocular Oncology would be formed, the secretary of the organising committee of the congress, Santosh G. Honavar, along with Jerry A. Shields, president, International Society of Ocular Oncology, said at a press conference on Thursday.

The incidence of ocular oncology generally occurs in newborn babies and children up to six years. Dr. Vijayanand Reddy, coordinator of the organising committee, said chances of protecting the vision and child were high provided the problem was detected at an early stage.

Dr. Honavar said that retinoblastoma was the most common type found in India and consanguineous marriages were the main cause for it.

Specialists like Alfred Knduson, Peter Lommatzsch, Anna Meadows, Jerry Shields, Arun D. Singh, John Hungerford, Stefan Seregard and Tero Kivela would attend the conference.

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