Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket organises 4th annual centre for Liver and Biliary Science symposium
The symposium was designed to enable knowledge-sharing and experiences of the eminent speakers, on latest trends and treatment options related to liver transplant
In its endeavour to bring focus to the recent advancements in liver cancer treatment and transplants, the Centre for Liver and Biliary Surgery (CLBS) at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket has organised the 4th annual centre for Liver and Biliary Science symposium.
The three day symposium brought together over 200 doctors, prominent clinicians, physicians and nurses from 20 countries to discuss how liver transplantation is a successful form of treatment for liver cancer.
The symposium discussed multimodality treatment and therapy methods such as: Radiofrequency ablation, trans-arterial chemoembolisation, stereotactic external beam radiotherapy, down staging therapy, internal radiotherapy and liver transplantation were discussed in length.
While the first two days were dedicated to academic conference and research paper discussions, the third day witnessed a live workshop on Hepatobiliary Interventional Radiology which will be organised at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.
Dr Subash Gupta, Chairman, Max Centre for Liver and Biliary Sciences, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket, said, “Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) or liver cancer is one of the common types of cancer in the world, and especially in India where there has been a high incidence rate of Hepatitis B infection. Apart from Hepatitis B, it can also be caused by other diseases that lead to cirrhosis of the liver such as Hepatitis C infection, and alcohol abuse. Unfortunately, like many other cancers, liver cancer may go undetected until a late stage.”
He added, “Liver transplant today has given fresh lease of life to thousands of patients with liver cancer and is becoming an extremely viable treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure. There is no doubt that liver transplant is a life-saving procedure for many.”
The centre has successfully conducted over 300 living donor transplants per year, and over 2500 liver transplant operations over the years.
- Advertisement -
Comments are closed.