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Doctors being trained for early diagnosis of cervical cancer
Updated On: 05 July, 2023 07:51 PM IST | Lucknow | IANS
Most women diagnosed with cervical cancer die during treatment. Training doctors for early detection of cervical cancer will enable timely disease control
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The Queen Mary’s Hospital (QMH) of King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has initiated a special training programme for doctors and nurses engaged in women’s healthcare at government hospitals and community health centres (CHCs) in primary and secondary care. The programme will educate the participants in early diagnosis of cervical cancer. KGMU officials said that in UP, approximately 50 women are diagnosed daily with cervical cancer and half of them die during treatment.
Prof SP Jaiswar, medical superintendent of QMH said “This programme will enable timely disease control via early detection because deaths from cervical cancer in UP may be higher than WHO’s death rate (56 per cent) as most cases are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Late diagnosis limits options for many UP patients. About 17,600 cervical cancer cases are reported in UP.”
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