PANJIM: An aggressive approach to control rising cancer cases, making affordable treatment available in different cities, inculcating healthy lifestyle practices are some of the suggestions made by the experts to tackle the menace of this disease.Several experts from India and abroad aired their views on ways to tackle cancer at a discussion on 'What are we doing about cancer?' "The union government has set a goal to reduce cancer cases by 15 per cent in 2020 and 30 per cent by 2030. In reality, cancer cases are related to food habits and health practices. Now the cancer prevalence is in control but lot of work is still to be done. "Jayant Vaidya, a London based breast cancer specialist said, "Over diagnosis is one of the challenges in preventive diagnosis.

Source: Economic Times February 12, 2017 09:11 UTC