Senior oncologists at Apollo Cancer Centres in Hyderabad emphasised the importance of early diagnosis of prostate cancer during the awareness programme ‘Tame the Fire’. Dr Vijay Anand Reddy described prostate cancer as a “silent fire” that often goes unnoticed until advanced stages, but remains highly treatable if detected early.
Growing obesity, changes in dietary habits, specifically the increase in consumption of ultra-processed foods, and sedentary lifestyles are associated with higher cancer rates.
Pediatric oncologists from Hyderabad-based American Oncology Institute (AOI) have successfully conducted a Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) on a 12-months-old boy who was diagnosed with Griscelli Syndrome (GS), a rare genetic disorder.
Dr Rama Devi was diagnosed with a high risk blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and was successfully treated by Dr. Ganesh Jaishetwar, bone marrow transplant surgeon
Need to step up the number of oncologists from the current level of 1,250 radiographers and other allied specialties and up-skill physicians and nurses working in district hospitals and PHCs, said Former Union Secretary for Health K Sujatha Rao
