First Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer
Management Course
Chandigarh,03.04.13:The
First Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Management Course is being organized by the
department of Pulmonary Medicine at PGIMER, Chandigarh on April 05-06, 2014.
This is a unique educational activity and joint effort by the American Society
of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer
(ISSLC).
Lung cancer is an important cause of cancer
related morbidity and mortality both globally and within India. According to
the recent GLOBOCAN 2012 data, lung cancer is the most common cancer in men
with global incidence of 1.2 million (12 lakh) new cases per year and
accounting for 16.7% of all new cancers. Worldwide, it is also the most common
cause of death from cancer which in absolute terms is 1.59 million (15.9 lakh)
deaths annually and in relative terms 19.4% of all cancer related deaths.
Compared to cancers at other sites, lung cancer has a very high mortality rate
with 87% of all patients diagnosed with this disease ultimately dying due to
the disease itself. Even in India, the burden of lung cancer is enormous since
here also it is the most common type of
cancer in men (11.3% of all new cancers) and it is also the most common cause
of death from cancer (13.7% of all cancer related deaths). Importantly, data
from population based cancer registries in India indicate that the burden of
disease is still rising in this country in contrast to the developed countries
wherein it has either reached a plateau or is declining. Lung cancer is one of
the most common cancers among males in India and accounts for approximately one
of every 10 cancers overall and one fourth of all tobacco related cancers in
males.
ASCO is one of the largest and most
renowned professional oncology societies in the world with membership exceeding
30,000. This course will witness participation of three overseas international
faculty selected by ASCO:
1) Dr Ritsuko Komaki – a radiation oncologist.
She is currently a distinguished professor in lung cancer research at the
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
2) Dr. Ana Oton – a medical oncologist. She is
currently working asAssociate Professor of Medicine, Thoracic Malignancies
Program, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
3) Dr. Florian Strasser – a palliative care. He
is currently Associate Professor and Head, Oncological Palliative Medicine,
Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine & Palliative Care
Centre, Cantonal Hospital, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Mr Doug Pyle, Senior Director, International
Affairs Division of ASCO is also participating as faculty in this course and
will be involved in promoting the concept of multidisciplinary cancer care as
well as availability of resources in ASCO that can be potentially utilized in
India to enhance the standard of cancer care.
The
ISSLC till date remains the only non-profit professional body in India that is
dedicated to enhancing awareness as well as promoting research and education in
the field of lung cancer. Dr D Behera, Senior Professor in the department of
Pulmonary Medicine at PGIMER, Chandigarh is the founder and current president
of ISSLC. Dr Navneet Singh, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at
PGIMER, Chandigarh is the current Secretary of ISSLC and the Course
Coordinator.
The national course faculty has been primarily
drawn from PGIMER, Chandigarh and the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai. These are
two premier government of India funded health care institutes located in the
northern and western regions of India respectively. Both these institutes are
renowned for the available knowledge and expertise in the field of lung cancer
and cater to large sections of the Indian population.
The
department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMER, Chandigarh which is a World Health
Organization collaborating centre for research and capacity building in chronic
respiratory diseases, runs a special clinic for lung cancer patients and is a
reputed referral centre for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease. A lot
of research in the field of lung cancer has been conducted in this department
in the past few decades and been published in literature. Currently, also
several intra- and extra-mural research projects in the area of lung cancer are
ongoing. Prof Behera and Dr Navneet Singh are in charge of the Lung Cancer
Clinic at PGIMER and are responsible for the management of approximately 300
new patients per year who are diagnosed with this disease. Patients are
referred from several neighboring states like Himachal Pradesh, Haryana,
Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu & Kashmir and Rajasthan. The department works in
close collaboration with other departments that are involved in
multidisciplinary management of lung cancer namely Radiodiagnosis, Nuclear
Medicine, Histopathology, Cytology, Radiotherapy and Cardio-thoracic-vascular
Surgery.
The
TMC, Mumbai is a specialized oncology institute that is well known both within
India and abroad for its expertise in diagnosis and treatment of variety of
cancers and has two separate wings : the Tata Memorial Hospital which provides
the clinical services and is involved in clinical research and the ACTREC which
provides the necessary manpower and infrastructure for conduct of basic and
advanced cancer research. Dr. CS Pramesh, Professor of Surgical Oncology and
Chief of Thoracic Surgery, at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai is one of the
two coordinators for this course, the other being Dr Navneet Singh.
This
course is being attended by approximately 150 delegates from all over India.
These include postgraduate residents who are undergoing training in the fields
of pulmonary medicine, medical oncology, radiation oncology and surgical
oncology as well as practicing physicians who wish to get an update about the
current developments in the field of lung cancer especially those related to
personalized treatment and multimodality management strategies. Attending this
course is expected to help delegates possess the necessary skills for
practicing multidisciplinary management of lung cancer.
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