AJ Hosptial to organize free cancer detection camp

Feb 02, 2015 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Mangalore: On occasion of 'World Cancer Day', free cancer detection camp has been organized for diagnosis and treatment of cancer at AJ Cancer Institute in AJ Hospital and Research Centre Mangalore from February 04-21, announced AJ Hospital's Marketing Manager Shivprasad Shetty at a press conference held at Hotel Premier in Karwar. "Cancer is no more a fatal desease. Today with modern diagnostic facilities we can detect the disease early and treat it effectively. Due to better healthcare facilities, longevity of life has increased.", Shivprasad said. AJ Cancer Institute has advanced facilities like high end Linear Accelerator machine with triple photon and six electron energies along with IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) and IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy), a High Dose Rate (HDR) Brachtherapy system, computerized treatment planning system for both teletherapy and brachtherapy, patient immobilization devices to deliver precise and accurate radiation therapy among others. Interested people may contact 08242225533/7846802333 for more details from 9 am to 5 pm. World Cancer Day is marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. The primary goal of the World Cancer Day is to significantly reduce illness and death caused by cancer by 2020. - ARF