Dr. Ashwin Kandula, Associate Vice President, Operations, Medvarsity Online Ltd.  

“Adopting healthy lifestyle, avoiding exposure to known cancer-causing substances and immunization can prevent cancer from developing. The responsibility of managing cancer patients has been traditionally with secondary and tertiary care, but the role of primary care is evolving with the increasing survival rates and new models of care. Providing integrated care, structured training and continuing education for specialists across various disciplines and also general practitioners can lead to earlier diagnosis and better outcomes while stabilizing costs. The basic components of cancer control – prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment and palliative care can implemented because of the wealth of knowledge available, and thus avoid and cure many cancers, as well as reduce the suffering.”