NIMS organises CME on lung cancer awareness

NIMS organises CME on lung cancer awareness
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On the eve of lung cancer awareness month, Nizam\'s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has organised a Continuous Medical Education (CME) on Lung Cancer on its premises here on Saturday. The programme was inaugurated by NIMS Director Dr Manohar.

Hyderabad: On the eve of lung cancer awareness month, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has organised a Continuous Medical Education (CME) on Lung Cancer on its premises here on Saturday. The programme was inaugurated by NIMS Director Dr Manohar.

Lung cancer is the one of the major killers among men and women. Most of the patients come to hospital at the late stages. With the advances in imaging, pathology, surgical, radiation and chemotherapy areas these patients are able to live for a few more years.

NIMS conducted the CME with an objective of educating people on the latest methods of treatment. In the CME, faculty from Chest, General Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Surgical oncology, Radiation Oncology and Medical Oncology briefed the doctors on the latest advances in lung cancer management.

In annual meeting(October 2015) of Indian Society of Medical Oncology in Mumbai, Dr Stalin, final year resident of Medical Oncology, got best paper award for his paper on Lung cancer.

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