Over 150 doctors reportedly assembled at Mumbai’s Trident, BKC for ‘The Pink Meet– 2013’, a two day comprehensive breast cancer care conference organised by Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital and International Oncology Services. Member of Parliament Priya Dutt inaugurated the conference. The agenda of the conference was to discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in breast cancer. Leading cancer specialists including Dr Rajendra Badwe, Dr Suresh Advani, Dr Arun Chitale, Dr PSRK Sastry, Dr Shripad Banavali and Dr Girish Muzumdar shared their research and insights on the practices in diagnoses, treatment and preventive measures and the evolving treatment modalities in breast cancer. Niranjan Hiranandani, Chief Managing Trustee of Dr L H Hiranandani hospital was the guest of honour at the conference.
Inaugurating the conference and addressing the doctors present at the event, Dutt said, “Breast cancer incidences are today over taking cervical cancer in our country; many young girls are becoming victims of breast cancer in India. In urban India, the major reason for rise in the incidence is the changing lifestyle. Affordability and accessibility are an area of concern in rural areas. We are striving to address these issues at our level; however, it is only with the help of all the doctors and the medical fraternity that we will be successful in our crusade and initiatives towards fighting breast cancer”
In his key note address, Dr Badwe said “I appreciate the initiative of ‘The Pink Meet’ for breast cancer as incidences of breast cancer are growing in India. In cities the incidences are around 94 per hundred thousand and in rural it is 42 per hundred thousand. We need more hospitals for breast cancer treatment; hospitals like Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital are instrumental in bridging this gap”
Dr Sujit Chatterjee, CEO, Dr L H Hiranandani hospital and also the Chief coordinator of ‘The Pink Meet – 2013’ stated, “Our objective behind organising the conference was to create a platform for doctors to share knowledge about the medical advances made in the field of breast oncology and their experiences. This would help them render the best possible treatment to their patients”.
Dr Neeraj Mehta, Coordinator, ‘The Pink Meet – 2013’ said, “The risk of developing breast cancer can be reduced by a change in lifestyle but cannot be avoided completely. The only saviour is early detection of the disease and an advanced treatment for the same. The Pink Meet focused on discussing the recent advances made in the field of breast oncology”.
