NATIONAL CANCER AWARENESS DAY – 7TH NOVEMBER

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National Cancer Awareness Day is observed on 7th November in India to raise awareness about the importance of cancer prevention and early detection of the disease. In India, nearly two-thirds of cancer cases are diagnosed in the advanced stages, thereby reducing the chances of survival of patients, hence, early detection and further research into curing cancer can help save lives. This day also encourages people for screenings as early detection of cancer helps lower the mortality rate.

History :

National Cancer Awareness Day was first announced by the Indian Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Harsh Vardhan in September, 2014 and 7th November will be observed every year to generate awareness about early detection and avoiding leading cancer causing lifestyles like the use of tobacco, drug abuse, poor diet and pollution. People with the slightest symptoms or genetic history should go for a screening. This day coincides with coincides with the birth anniversary of Nobel-prize-winning scientist Marie Curie, who is remembered for her discovery of radium and polonium, and her huge contribution to the fight against cancer since, her work led to the development of nuclear energy and radiotherapy for cancer treatment. Various programs have been initiated to increase research on the prevention and early detection of cancer.

Types of cancer :

·        Carcinoma – This cancer begins in the skin or in the tissues that line or cover internal organs, thus, affecting organs and glands like the lungs, breasts, pancreas and skin. Its subtypes include adenocarcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and transitional cell carcinoma.

·        Sarcoma – This cancer affects the soft or connective tissues such as muscle, fat, bone, cartilage or blood vessels.

·        Leukaemia – This cancer starts in the tissues that make blood cells such as the bone marrow. This is cancer of the white blood cells.

·        Lymphoma and myeloma – This cancer begins in the cells of the immune system affecting the lymphocytes or white blood cells.

·        Melanoma – These are cancers that develop in the cells that pigment the skin.

·        Brain and spinal cord cancers – They are known as central nervous system cancers.

 

Treatment :

·        Surgery – It is one of the main treatments for many types of cancer and involves removing tissue with cancer cells from the body. Surgery is also used to diagnose cancer and reduce the risk of getting particular types of cancer.

·        Chemotherapy – It can cure or control cancer or help ease its symptoms with special medicines that shrink or kill cancer cells.

·        Radiation therapy – This therapy can destroy tumours and / or prevent them from returning. It uses high energy rays to kill cancer cells and is also used in combination with surgery, chemotherapy or both.

·        Hormone therapy – This therapy blocks the cancer cells from getting he hormones they need to grow.

·        Immunotherapy – This is a new form of cancer treatment using the immune system to help fight cancer cells or to control side effects from other cancer treatments.

·        Blood and Bone marrow stem cell transplantation – This is most commonly used to treat blood cancers and cancers in lymph nodes.

·        Interventional Radiology – This involves minimally invasive techniques using needles and catheters providing an alternative to surgery.

 

Conclusion :

Ruby Cancer Centre has a world class Radiation Oncology service. It also has a comprehensive Cancer Care facility with surgical, medical and radiation oncology services. Equipped with state of the art linear accelerator Clinac iX with FFF (Flattening filter free) technology, the first of its kind in India, all types of cancer radiotherapy treatment starting from the basic conventional technique to more sophisticated Intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), Image guided radiotherapy (IGRT), Rapid Arc (VMAT) and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) techniques are performed in a single machine. Awareness about the early detection of cancer is the key to prevention and a complete cure.


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