Cancer screening camp conducted at Marwari Dharamshala, Tezpur

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TEZPUR: On International Women’s celebration week, JCI Tezpur shine organized a cancer screening camp for mouth, breast and cervical cancer with blood pressure and sugar level check-up with the help of Tezpur Cancer Centre at Marwari Dharamshala, Tezpur.

Dr Sanjeev K Gupta, Senior Consultant & Head, Department of Radiation Oncology, Tezpur Cancer Centre, ACCF was invited as a chief guest of the programme. He delivered a cancer awareness speech on the cancer risk factors, present scenario of cancer in Assam and the Northeast, importance of cancer screening, Cervix cancer vaccine and the facilities available in TCC. Breast and cervical cancer screening were done by trained oncology staff Dipti Moni Das, Babita Rani, Jennie, and Tarali under supervision of an oncologist.

A total of 40 female beneficiaries were screened by the oncologist and trained oncology staff. Among them 12 beneficiaries were reported as having high blood pressure and 6 were reported with high sugar levels. Advocate Savita Deka was present as a guest of honour and she told the women present there to do screening and not to be afraid of the disease.

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