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Need to achieve stunning gains in cancer treatment
Need to achieve stunning gains in cancer treatment
11 February 2021 | Views Newer technology with new techniques and clinical expertise in these treatments have increased patient outcomes with respect to improved survival rates
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Cancer, the word itself sends a chill through the spine of many. The fear of cancer is majorly because of the lack of awareness and appropriate facilities, inadequate guidance, financial burden along with emotional and physical stress to the diseased as well as to the family. However, a lot of advancements have occurred in the field of oncology over the last decade which has given a hope for better treatments, improved outcomes and good quality of life for cancer patients.
‘Screening, early detection can help cure most cancers’
World Cancer Day observed at Shifa Hospital
DNA February 04, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
World Cancer Day was observed at Shifa International Hospital (SIH) in Islamabad under the theme ‘I Am and I Will’ to raise public awareness and access to early detection as well as a diagnosis for preventing deaths due to the disease, a spokesperson shared on Wednesday.
SIH Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Head of Radiation Oncology Department Dr Asif Masood said that worldwide, cancer is the third cause of death and according to 2018, World Health Organisation’s (WHO) data on Pakistan, 200,000 new cancer cases are being reported every year out of which 40 to 50 per cent of patients lose their lives because of late diagnosis and treatment.
Early detection can help cure most cancers
Islamabad
February 4, 2021
Islamabad : As many as 200,000 new cancer cases are being reported in Pakistan every year, of which 40 to 50 percent of the patients lose their lives because of late diagnosis and treatment.
Dr. Asif Masood, Consultant Radiation Oncologist and Head of the Radiation Oncology Department at Shifa International Hospital (SIH) shared this piece of information at an event organsied by the hospital in connection with World Cancer Day. The theme of the day was ‘I Am and I Will,’ and its purpose was to raise public awareness and access to early detection and diagnosis for preventing cancer-related deaths.