Sri Lanka, June 4 -- Medical professionals warn that if urgent action is not taken to enhance specialist capacity, the country's growing blood cancer issue will go beyond control in near future, with only four leukemia specialists in hand presently.

In Sri Lanka, between 15, 000 to 18, 000 cancer cases are reported annually, around 1, 500 to 2, 000 of them being diagnosed with blood cancers and conditions requiring complex treatment such as bone marrow transplantation.

These specialised cancer care treatments are particularly for conditions such as leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, which require long-term, highly specialised management.

Consultant Haemato-oncologist Dr. Buddhika Somawardhana of the Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama addre...