EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, June 16: The first state-of-the-art PSMA - PET Scan for Prostate Cancer Imaging is now in American Oncology Institute at Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS) Jammu. This will help patient fight prostate cancer through early detection and diagnosis and provide them with a better treatment experience at an affordable cost.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and one of the leading causes of cancer death. Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA) is highly expressed in prostate cancer and its expression increases with tumour aggressiveness, metastatic disease, and disease recurrence.
American Oncology Institute at Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences, Jammu, is the city’s first and only dedicated Comprehensive Cancer Unit with the biggest team of Cancer Super-Specialists, providing all the modalities of Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, and Cancer Surgeries under one roof, and has installed the state-of-the-art PSMA- PET Scan, to effortlessly accomplish precise and reliable diagnosis of prostate cancer.
Dr Izhar Ali, Consultant - Nuclear Medicine, American Oncology Institute, emphasized, “Precision, accuracy and early detection is the need for the hour in cancer care. PSMA PET Scan produces accurate images of the prostate cancer which helps the oncologist in diagnosis, staging and treating the prostate cancer patients as well as early detection of the recurrence after treatment.”
Dr Neeraj Bishnoi, Regional Director - North, American Oncology Institute, emphasized, "Looking at the increasing number of cancer cases across the country, there is an urgent need to find better ways to diagnose, monitor, and cure cancer . The installation of PSMA PET Scan is to cater the best of technologically advanced patient care, and it is a major milestone for American Oncology Institute, Jammu. We strive to deliver exceptional cancer treatments that offer the best possible life outcomes.” |
