Kilpauk GH to get one-stop clinic for breast screening
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.12.2018
A one-stop clinic for breast screening will be inaugurated at the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital on January 3, health minister C Vijayabaskar said on Thursday.
A decade ago, cervical cancer was the most common cancer in women, but in 2001, breast cancer took over. “It made mass screening expensive and complex. But if they are diagnosed and treated early, we will not only be able to save women, but also be able to help them preserve the breasts,” he said after inaugurating an awareness programme to stop using disposable plastics. He visited the “pink” clinic, set up at a cost of ₹4 crore, along with environment minister K C Karuppannan.
The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art machines such as a 3D digital mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions that are as small as 4mm. “We will be able to pick up lesions at a very early stage. The clinic is set up in such a way that women find it easy and pleasant to access,” said KMC dean Dr Vasanthamani P.
Even though cancer incidence in women is lower in India than in the most developed countries, the estimated annual incidence of per 1,00,000 population is higher among women (82) when compared to men (63). Cancer of breast, cervix and ovary constitutes nearly 55% of all cancer in women.
The clinic, she said, will diagnose free and women will be referred to the oncology department at the Government Royapettah Hospital for tertiary care. Women who need breast reconstruction or implants can visit the plastic surgery department at Stanley Medical College and Hospital, she said.
The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art machines
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:28.12.2018
A one-stop clinic for breast screening will be inaugurated at the Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital on January 3, health minister C Vijayabaskar said on Thursday.
A decade ago, cervical cancer was the most common cancer in women, but in 2001, breast cancer took over. “It made mass screening expensive and complex. But if they are diagnosed and treated early, we will not only be able to save women, but also be able to help them preserve the breasts,” he said after inaugurating an awareness programme to stop using disposable plastics. He visited the “pink” clinic, set up at a cost of ₹4 crore, along with environment minister K C Karuppannan.
The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art machines such as a 3D digital mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions that are as small as 4mm. “We will be able to pick up lesions at a very early stage. The clinic is set up in such a way that women find it easy and pleasant to access,” said KMC dean Dr Vasanthamani P.
Even though cancer incidence in women is lower in India than in the most developed countries, the estimated annual incidence of per 1,00,000 population is higher among women (82) when compared to men (63). Cancer of breast, cervix and ovary constitutes nearly 55% of all cancer in women.
The clinic, she said, will diagnose free and women will be referred to the oncology department at the Government Royapettah Hospital for tertiary care. Women who need breast reconstruction or implants can visit the plastic surgery department at Stanley Medical College and Hospital, she said.
The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art machines
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