“Sixty per cent of cancer patients are actually being treated by non-oncologists”
The Indian Council of Medical Research is evolving standards of care and treatment protocols for 34 common types of cancer. Purvish Parikh, managing trustee, Indian Cancer Care Society, and president, Indian Society of Medical and Paediatric Oncology, said the guidelines for some specific conditions were already available on the ICMR website, and subcommittees were working to define treatment for other conditions.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/icmr-evolving-standards-cancer-care
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/ramya-kannan
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indian-council-medical-research-icmr
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-health-and-family-welfare
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
