Preventive Oncology

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• Prevent cancer development 
• Identify disease at early stage 
• Delay progress of Cancer

• Eliminating the risk factor 
• Detecting and treating disease at the precancer stage when changes are reversible.
• Detecting Cancer at early stage when complete treatment is usually possible.

• Cervix Cancer, 
• Breast Cancer & 
• Oral Cancer 

Are amongs the most common preventable cancers.

• Primary Prevention - Identifying causative factors and devising measures to reduce the risk of cancers. It includes lifestyle modification like maintaining a healthy diet and regular exercise, avoiding tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption and HPV vaccination.
•  Secondary Prevention - Includes screening tests to identify precancer and early cancers. It includes Cancer Screening tests like Mammogram, Pap Smear & HPV test etc.
• Tertiary Prevention - Includes improving the quality of life and reducing complications for individuals diagnosed with cancer to prevent cancer recurrence and. to support overall health.

• Mammography 
• Clinical Breast Examination 
• Self Breast Examination

Primary Prevention - HPV vaccination 

• 9yrs- 14yrs- Two doses 6 months apart
• 15yrs- 45yrs- Three doses at 0, 1-2 & 6 months.

Secondary Prevention -also known as screening. Screening tests are

• HPV Test
• Pap Test (Conventional or Liquid based Cytology).
• VIA

Screening is recommended for all women aged 25-65 yrs of age.

All screen positive women should be further evaluated by Colposcopy and guided biopsy (if required) and treated according to Colposcopy finding.

Tertiary prevention is treating all cancer patients to reduce complications and to improve quality of life.

Digital video colposcope is an international ultra modern machine used to examine the Mouth of uterus (Cervix). 

Patients can see the picture on TV monitor or computer. It will help to diagnose the cancer of cervix in early stages.   

• One who is suffering from leucorrhoea 
• One who has itching, sores or blisters in the genitals 
• One who has pain during or after intercourse 
• One who has delivered at home by a midwife 
• One who is 35 years old or above 
• One who was married and had children at a younger age 
• One who bleeds a lot during period 
• One who had two or more abortions 
• One who was married and had children at a younger age 
• One who bleeds after stopping of period 
• One whose Pap tests are not normal

If you are suffering any of the above mentioned symptoms, then get yourself checked immediately.