The School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad organised as part of Breast Cancer Awareness month (1-31 October), a Lecture on ‘The Crusade to CANcel CANcer’ by Dr. P. Satya Dattatreya, MD,DM,DNB; Director & Chief of Medical Oncology Services, Renova Soumya Cancer Centre on 18th October, 2022.
In the lecture attended by students, faculty, officials, retired staff; Dr Dattatreya spoke about the history, causes, existing treatments, precautions to be taken for Cancer. He gave an account of the positive attitude to be followed by the physicians towards treating patients with cancer. Dr. Dattatreya said, “The most common cancer treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation”. “Cancer is a family of diseases. There are over a hundred different cancer types. Some types are curable, and indeed are being cured”, he added.
Dr. Palanki Satya Dattatreya is a Medical Oncologist at Hyderabad. In the past, he has worked at Indo-American Cancer Institute and Research Center, Hyderabad where he worked as a consulting medical oncologist and completed 3 years of residency at Gujarat Cancer Institute and Research Center. He received his MD in pediatrics from N.H.L. Municipal Medical College and Sheth K.M. School of Post-Graduate Medicine and Research, Ahmedabad and then did his DM at The Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad. His main areas of clinical interest include haematological malignancies, head and neck cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer, GI tract malignancies, GU tract malignancies (ovarian cancer in particular), malignant brain tumors, bone and soft tissue sarcomas and all paediatric oncology cases.
Prof. B.J. Rao, Vice-Chancellor, University of Hyderabad presided.
Prof. Geeta K. Vemuganti, Dean, School of Medical Sciences coordinated the event.
About University of Hyderabad
The University of Hyderabad is an institute of post-graduate teaching and research. The school was established by an act of the Parliament of India in 1974 as a Central University. Over the years, it has emerged as a top ranking institute of higher education and research in India. The university also offers courses under distance learning programs. The university is a member of the ‘Association of Indian Universities’ (AIU), the ‘Association of Commonwealth Universities’ (ACU) and ‘International Council for Distance Education’. An Academic Staff College has been functioning on the university campus since 1988 under the UGC scheme for improving the standards of teaching in colleges and universities. The college organizes orientation and refresher courses for college and university teachers.
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