Intl cancer meet

Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO) in Bangalore will host a conference to help evolve uniform standards for cancer treatment.

"The conference will help doctors evolve guidelines for cancer treatments in India," said Dr P P Bapsy, professor and head, department of medical oncology, KMIO. With a national policy lacking in India on treating cancer, the concluding part of the conference may see a draft policy paper, said Dr Bapsy.

About 1,000 oncologists from India and abroad are expected to attend the conference "" 'Cancer Cure For All' "" scheduled to be held in Bangalore from October 8 to October 10. The conference is held once in two years.

With the multi-disciplinary the norm today, it has become all the more necessary to evolve standards, said Dr P S Prabhakaran, director, KMIO. The multi-disciplinary approach involves the diagnostician, surgical oncologist, medical oncologist, radiation oncologist and microbiologist.

The meet could generate some heat as clinical trials is a subject of discussion. The number of clinical trials are on the increase in India and standards for trials have only recently been laid down.