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Call to upgrade radiotherapy centres
Special Correspondent
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29th National Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India inaugurated
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Photo: V. Ganesan
SOUVENIR RELEASED: K.A. Dinshaw (right), Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, releasing a souvenir which was received by Shyam K. Shrivastava, president, AROI, at the national conference in Chennai on Friday. Meer Musthafa Hussain, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, and V. Shantha, Executive Chairman, Cancer Institute, Adyar, are in the picture. —
CHENNAI: Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University Meer Musthafa Hussain on Friday called for establishment of state-of-the-art facilities and upgrading existing radiotherapy centres to improve the treatment of cancer patients even while suggesting prudent use of new technology tools.
Inaugurating the 29th National Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India (AROICON), Dr. Musthafa Hussain said improved facilities would benefit patient care and physician training. He, however, noted that in an era of evidence-based medicine, the fraternity needed to guard itself from indiscriminate use of technology.
In her keynote address after inaugurating the scientific programme, V. Shantha, chairman, Cancer Institute, Adyar, outlined how the institution pioneered several modalities in the treatment of cancers of the cervix, head-and-neck and breast. The Cancer Institute was among the first institutions to advocate a combination of chemo-radiation followed by surgery, a modality that greatly improved survival rates of patients, she said.
Inaugurating a trade exhibition and releasing a souvenir, K.A. Dinshaw, director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, said newer advances in technology had vastly increased treatment choices on a par with those anywhere in the world.
Shyam K. Shrivastava, AROI president, urged the fraternity to refrain from market forces while adopting the paraphernalia of newer technologies.
M. Jagadeesan, organising committee chairman, called for strengthening the early detection and screening programmes for cancer across the country.
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