Patna, June 1 -- : Emphasising the growing need to strengthen paediatric oncology services, the Executive Director, AIIMS Patna, Dr. Raju Agarwal today said it can be done through early diagnosis, timely referral, multidisciplinary management and capacity building of healthcare professionals.
Speaking about the efforts being made by AIIMS Patna towards paediatric oncology treatment, Dr Agarwal said here that an extensive workshop was recently conducted which covered a wide range of clinically relevant topics, including epidemiology of childhood cancers, principles of cancer management, evaluation of lymphadenopathy and abdominal masses, approach to pancytopenia, management of oncological emergencies and identification of red-flag signs sug...