Author is a leading surgical oncologist of Bangalore presently heading MACS Clinic as well as Fortis Hospital, Bangalore. He is a well acclaimed specialist in robotic and laparoscopic cancer surgeries. He has been a teaching faculty at Kidwai Cancer Institute, Bangalore, which is one of the leading teaching institutes in Oncology in India. He has keen interest in public education and awareness. He shares his thoughts and facts on this blog.
Any new technology is accepted only with resistance. The same has happened to robotic & laparoscopy for cancer. Though it is proven to be equal it will take years before capacity building is complete. #robotic #cancers #drsandeepnayak #surgery #oncology #health
The way we look at cancer treatment is changing. Very Soon a day will come when the chemotherapy and immunotherapy will become customized to an individual at all centers. We are already doing it for many centers today.
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It is not uncommon for patients to tell me that they didn’t have any symptoms and so they didn’t show a doctor! It has also unfortunately happened that many non-oncology doctors don’t know that cancer does not cause pain or any such symptoms till later in the course. I have seen doctors asking if there…