February 4, 2025
Cancer Awareness Week and World Cancer Day was celebrated from 04 February to 11 February 2025 in the first week of February to commemorate the World Cancer Day at Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute, Lucknow. This year the theme of World Cancer Day has been kept as ‘United by Unique’.The objective of this awareness week being run by the institute is to increase awareness about cancer and to make the society understand the importance of timely and proper treatment of cancer. Cancer screening and cancer awareness programs were organized for the general public in the institute. Cancer Awareness Week made cancer patients and the general public aware about various cancer treatment methods such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy and targeted therapy.Along with this, special information was given about onco-nutrition, onco-psychiatry, onco-physiotherapy and palliative care. OPD in the institute from 04.02.2025 to 11.02.2025.An 'Information Booth' was also opened on the first floor of the building, from where the patient, patient's assistant or anyone can get information mainly about symptoms and prevention related to breast cancer, oral cancer and pediatric cancer. The Public Health Department of the institute also organized camps at different primary health centers and community health centers and provided information to the people mainly related to oral, breast and cervical cancer.Besides, people were also told that they can visit the institute for advice related to cancer related symptoms and prevention and precautions to avoid cancer etc. Under 'Cancer Awareness Week', other special programs - Poster Competition and Rangoli Competition were organized. In this program, The Director of the institute, Prof. M.L.B. Bhatt, Dr. Sharad Singh Executive Registrar and Chief Medical Superintendent, Mr. RajnikantVerma(Finance Officer), Prof. SabuhiQureshi(Dean), Dr. Varun Vijay (Associate Professor), Dr. Ashim Rashid (Additional Professor), Dr. Pramod Kumar Gupta (Associate Professor), Dr. AyushLohia(Associate Professor) and other members of the faculty were present, in which the Prizes and Certificates decided in both the competitions were given by the Director of the Institute to the winners of first, second and third place. On this occasion, Director of Kalyan Singh Super Specialty Cancer Institute, Prof. MLB Bhatt highlighted the need for awareness regarding cancer. He told that in present times cancer has become a common disease.Its main reason is unorganized and unhealthy lifestyle, which includes tobacco consumption, excessive alcohol consumption, irregular diet and pollution etc. If a person is ready to make some changes in his lifestyle, then in 60% of the cases cancer can be prevented before it occurs.
