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NEW DELHI, NOV.27. Most people consider cancer to be an essentially incurable disease. What many do not know is that 5 per cent of those suffering from cancer are children and adolescents and in 75 per cent of the cases these children can be cured if the disease is detected at an early stage. To spread awareness about early detection and cure, the Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital (IRCH) at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here is organising a symposium in the Ramalingaswami Board Room of AIIMS this Sunday. Addressing a Press conference here on Saturday, the Assistant Professor of the Paediatric Oncology Department at AIIMS, Sameer Bakshi, said over 150 doctors from different hospitals across the country would attend the symposium, which also marks the foundation day of IRCH. The Hospital has been functioning since 1983-84 and today has the facilities to treat all kinds of cancers through chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery. Of the various types of cancers occurring in children, the incidence of blood cancer is the highest -- as much as 30 per cent. After this comes "lymphomas'' or lymph node cancer. Another cancer unique to young patients is "retinoblastoma'' or eye cancer. All these including "bone tumours'' will be discussed at the seminar. Dr. Bakshi pointed out that the incidence of patients dying due to therapy-related infections has come down over the years. "This is due mainly to improved nursing, increasing awareness and continuously updated chemotherapy drugs." He also agreed that the causes for paediatric and adolescent cancers were still elusive. While in adults, tobacco intake, smoking, high stress levels and dietary habits can be attributed to the cause of the disease, this is not the case with children. Although mutations leading to cancer are known, the factors causing mutations have not been identified. Prevention hence not being possible, early diagnosis becomes necessary. The chief of IRCH, V. Kochupillai, said as Indians and westerners react to the same drug in different ways because of biological variations, these variations need to be studied further.
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