Cancer Care Push! Tumour Boards To Come Up Soon At New Government Medical Colleges In Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Tumour boards will be constituted in government medical colleges other than the five old government medical colleges in the state soon. In government medical colleges such as Ratlam, Datia, Khandwa, Singrauli and Vidisha, patients require multimodal tumour boards. A cancer tumour board brings together a team of medical, surgical and radiation specialists to review complex…
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh - Soon, tumour boards will be established in government medical colleges across the state, excluding the five existing ones. These multidisciplinary boards will consist of medical, surgical and radiation specialists who will collaborate to evaluate complex cancer cases and devise tailored treatment plans for patients.
Dr Atul Shrivastava, principal investigator of the National Cancer Registry Programme at Gandhi Medical College (GMC) in Bhopal, emphasized the importance of these boards, stating that they are crucial for making diagnostic decisions suitable for the stage of cancer patients. Dr Shyamji Rawat, head of the State Cancer Institute in Jabalpur, explained that while tumour boards are already in place at the five established medical colleges, there is a pressing need for their establishment in the newly opened government medical colleges to provide enhanced care for cancer patients in those regions.
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