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Experts for maintaining nationwide data of blood cancer patients

Experts for maintaining nationwide data of blood cancer patients .

Experts for maintaining nationwide data of blood cancer patients

ISLAMABAD: President Pakistan Society of Hematology and Head of Hematology Department at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Maj. Gen. Sohaib Ahmad has said that with the advancement in medical science various cancers are now curable. 


He said human genome, to diagnose various blood cancers including leukemia and lymphoma, can be studied on latest medical equipment for as low as US$ 40 which used to cost US$ 100,000 in the past. He was speaking on ‘genetic basis of blood cancer’ while addressing to the seminar on “latest trends in diagnosis and management of leukemia and lymphoma (blood cancers)” by Shifa International Hospital here on Friday. 


Former President Pakistan Society of Pathologists Maj. Gen. (Retd) Dr. Masood Anwar was the chief guest of the seminar. President and Chief Executive Officer SIH Dr. Manzoor H. Qazi, Medical Director SIH Dr. Salim Khan, Chief Pathologist SIH Dr. Fazal Elahi, Chancellor Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Dr. Muhammad Ata, Consultant Oncologist Dr. Kamran Rasheed, Consultant Histopathologist and Hematologist SIH Dr. Imran Nazir Ahmad, Brig. Dr. Tahir from AFIP and a large number of cancer experts, pathologists and hematologists from Armed Forces and other institutions attended the seminar.


Dr. Kamran Rasheed said all blood cancer related malignancies are thought to be rising from various genetic disorders. He said Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow, the spongy center of bones where our blood cells are formed. The disease develops when blood cells produced in the bone marrow grow out of control.

 

He added that unfortunately there was no formal registry in Pakistan to register blood cancer patients, however, an estimated 44,600 new cases of leukemia are expected to be diagnosed in the United States in 2011. Dr. Rasheed said lymphoma is the name for a group of blood cancers that develop in the lymphatic system. The two main types are hodgkin lymphoma and non-hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). 

 

Dr. Rasheed further said that people with leukemia are at significantly increased risk for developing infections, anemia, and bleeding. Other symptoms and signs include easy bruising, weight loss, night sweats, and unexplained fevers. He told the participants that the treatment of choice for both blood cancers is chemotherapy initially though this specialty is rapidly moving towards bone marrow transplantation. 

 

Dr. Imran Nazir Ahmad said SIH’s Department of Pathology has recently acquired a latest state-of-the-art technology of Flow Cytometry. He highlighted that leukemia (blood cancer) is one of the most common cancers in children and is potentially curable if it gets diagnosed and treated in an accurate and timely manner. The flow cytometer lab plays a significant role in accurately diagnosing these cancers with a very short turnaround time. 

 

updated 1 year ago

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