Why Doctors Are Hopeful?
Right now, routine screening covers only a handful of cancers: Breast, cervix, colon, lung and prostate. Dr. Sandeep Nayak, Chairman of Oncology at MACS-Renova Oncology Institute, KIMS Hospital, Bangalore, says this leaves a huge blind spot. “More than 70% of all cancer deaths stem from malignancies like pancreatic, stomach, liver, esophageal, and ovarian cancers, for which we have no routine population screening whatsoever,” he says.