The real tragedy about cancer is that it begins with very minor symptoms or none at all. Therefore the best way to guard against cancer is to have a regular yearly cancer check-up examination. Even though the very word "Cancer" sends shiver down the spine of the people, nevertheless they are generally found to be reluctant to go in for a regular periodic cancer check up on their own due to various factors.
In order to create cancer awareness and to encourage more and more people to undergo regular cancer check-ups, the Society is operating a Mobile Cancer Detection Centre to provide cancer check-up facilities to people at a nominal cost without losing any working day, at the worksite, in factories, workshops, offices, housing complexes etc. on request. This Mobile Clinic consisting of an X-ray mounted fully equipped motorised van which carries doctors (2 ENT Surgeons, 2 Gen. Surgeons and a Gynaecologist) and other para. Medical staff to the check up camp sites, can effectively carry out all the tests normally undertaken at a regular detection centre. Those who undergo cancer check-ups at these camps are given individual check-up reports and suspected cases are referred to cancer hospitals for further investigation/treatment.
The details of camps conducted by the M.C.D.C. Unit at Mumbai during the last 10 years are as follows :
Year
Total No. of camps (Days)
No. of Persons examined
No. of suspected cases detected
Male Female Total Male Female Total
1989-90 79 4144 3261 7405 62 107 169
1990-91 52 2658 1800 4458 40 25 65
1991-92 120 9072 2095 11167 73 22 95
1992-93 65 3431 2128 5559 45 23 68
1993-94 68 3487 1905 5392 86 20 106
1994-95 73 4699 2064 6763 93 22 115
1995-96 68 4488 1895 6383 88 29 117
1996-97 67 2818 3179 5997 52 45 97
1997-98 70 4078 1867 5945 76 17 93
1998-99 72 3820 2569 6389 91 35 126
Since its inception in May, 1982 upto the end of March 1999, the MCDC Unit has examined 1,00,322 persons (68,878 Males + 31,444 Females) out of which 1761 suspected cases (1249 Males + 512 Females) were detected and referred to Cancer hospitals for further investigation/treatment. Similar Mobile Cancer Detection Units are functioning successfully at the Society's branches at Delhi and Calcutta also.
For more details contact:
INDIAN CANCER SOCIETY
Lady Ratan Tata Medical & Research Centre,
M. Karve Road, Cooperage, Bombay 400021.
Tel: 91-22-2202 9941 / 2202 9942 Fax: 91-22-2287 2745
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