The cancer registrations will help in assessing the causes and number of cancer patients
Thursday, 25 APRIL 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) has recently initiated a cancer registry programme on its premises to analyse the underlying causes of cancer in patients. Informing this, the medical superintendent, GDMC, Dr Dhananjay Dobhal said that the cancer patients are required to complete a four-page form provided by the hospital administration. “The form includes details about their lifestyle, residence, name, age and other relevant information. This initiative aims to gather information from a large number of patients to create research data and conduct mapping for the increasing cases of cancer,” he continued.
He further said that the hospital has already completed 150 cancer registry entries. “These cancer registrations will help the hospital administration assess the causes and number of cancer patients to update the cancer treatment facilities at the hospital,” he added.
Queried on the status of the cancer treatment at the hospital, Dobhal said that currently, chemotherapy is being used by physicians, including gynaecologists and ENT surgeons, for treating cancer patients. “We have decided to introduce radiotherapy at this facility. But as the installation requires space, we have submitted a proposal to the authorities concerned to allocate the required space for expanding the cancer treatment facilities,” he added.
Asked about the dearth of required number of cancer specialists in proportion to the number of cancer patients, he said that once the cancer hospital expands and relocates to a larger space, more facilities would be provided and doctors would be added to the cancer department. “We are aware of the fact that the number of cancer patients in the city has been surging for some time and more alarmingly, young adults are being afflicted increasingly by this dreaded disease. There are multiple reasons behind this spike and the most important of them are sedentary lifestyles, smoking, consumption of fast food and of course, pollution,” he said.
