Int’l experts on liver, colorectal cancer to speak

PUNE: The Centre for Advanced Gastrointestinal Oncology (CAGO) under Ruby Hall Clinic's Kamalnayan Bajaj Cancer Centre is organising a two-day seminar on ‘Oncology – current trends – Update 2010 on Colorectal and liver cancers’ from Saturday.

The event is aimed at acquainting doctors with advanced technologies, particularly in gastrointestinal cancer, Dr Minish Jain, Organising Committee Chairman told reporters on Thursday.

“Owing to the changing lifestyle and unsuitable dietary habits, there has been a four-fold rise in liver cancer and an almost five percent rise in colorectal cancer in the past few years,” Dr Jain said adding that the intake of non-fibrous foods is the major reason behind it.

Surgical oncologist Dr Gajanan Kanitkar cautioned that anaemic patients, especially after 50s, should be checked for gastrointestinal cancer. CAGO is running a 24-hour hotline to answer the queries of patients about any kind of cancer and its treatment. The hotline number is 9890107621, 9923065000 and 9822008682, informed medical gastroenterologist Dr  Nitin Pai.

Pune Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal will inaugurate  the meet at International Convention Centre at Lavasa, about 45 km from here. There will be in-depth sessions by internationally acclaimed experts in this field. Dr S H Kim, Professor and Head of Colorectal Division Department of Surgery Anam Hospital, Seoul (Korea), Dr S H Advani, Senior Medical Oncologist from Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai and Dr A B Soin, Head of Liver Transplant Unit in Delhi-based Gangaram Hospital are among the host of speakers.