Bengaluru: Dr Chandragouda Dodagoudar is the Director-Medical Oncology and Unit Head of BLK-Max Cancer Centre at the BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital on Pusa Road in New Delhi. In a free-wheeling chat recently he dealt in detail with the status of cancer treatment in the country, and the preparedness apart from the precautions one should take to get tested and treated at an early stage of infection. Excerpts from the conversation: Q: How do you describe the growth of cancer treatment in this country? Dr Chandragouda Dodagoudar: In Oncology, we mainly have three branches; Medical Oncology, wherein the doctors specialize in Chemotherapy, targetted therapy and immunotherapy; In Surgery Oncology, the job is to do surgery and Radiation Oncology where radiation is offered. All three are important while the allied branches like Psychology, Pathology, and Radiology are equally important when discussing Oncology. Q: Where do we stand when it comes to treatment for various types of cancer? D
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