As a follow-up to my presentation and learning at the International Photodynamic Association Conference 2023 at FINLAND, and my quest to know more about photodynamic and photo-biomodulation for the oral cavity I was invited to the “WORKSHOP on PHOTOBIOMODULATION THERAPY IN HEAD AND NECK CANCER” at Indore on 11th September 2023 at the Indian Institute of Head and Neck Oncology, Indore.
It was an opportunity to understand the diverse use of the new modality of PBM and PDT in Oral Lesions. Although PDT has been available for quite some time and I have had some successful cases with PDT for oral cancers, the new molecules with fewer side effects and ease of use is going to change the way cancer will be treated in the future.
It is also good to know that so much is being done in this field in India and many takers for this.
I got to meet some of the pioneers in this field:
Dr. Praveen Arany, Past President of WALT (WORLD ASSOCIATION OF LASER THERAPY), Oral Biologist, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Buffalo, USA.
Dr. Rene Jene Bensandaoun, President, WORLD ASSOCIATION for PHOTOBIOMODULATION Therapy. He is from France and promoting PBM extensively the world over with new insights and use for the same.
Dr. Digpal Darkar, President of the Indian Institute of Head and Neck Oncology the pioneer and probably the first in India to do PBM for his patients of Oral cancers. He has shown that it is easy to do and gives immense relief to the patients. Would be starting the course on PBM at his Institute.
Dr. Rajkumari Sachdeva, ENT surgeon and HN oncologist is using the PBM for her patients extensively. She gave a demonstration of the same.
Here, I had the opportunity to meet the Director of RRCAT, Dr. Shankar V Nakhe, who invited me to his center where extensive research is being done for oral diagnosis and treatment with optics – spectroscopy, PBM, and PDT.
The emerging technology and use of light as therapy and for the diagnosis of oral lesions it is going to change the way we treat oral lesions and cancers in the future.
ICanCaRe Academy conducts a seminar for the launch of the QUIT TOBACCO program SAVE the YOUTH campaign in Indore.
A seminar was conducted with 37 selected doctors from various specialties – Cancer, Dental, ENT, Chest, Medicine, Education, Pharmacy, and social attended the seminar to adopt the ICanCaRe tobacco Cessation protocol and specific medicines to quit tobacco and to launch the SAVE the youth program in Indore.
Tobacco is a complex disease, it needs proper intervention to help people quit tobacco. Tobacco is the cause of many a disease. The seminar is for the Capacity building for tobacco Cessation program as part of SAVE the youth campaign of ICanCaRe to reach out across India. SAVE the Youth program is a complete ecosystem towards Tobacco Control. SAVE the program for tobacco encompasses SENSITIZATION against tobacco, ASSIST users to quit tobacco through a digital protocol intervention program, Volunteer building as TOBACCO MARSHALs, TOBACCO AMBASSADORS, and TOBACCO CESSATION SPECIALISTs in the society to ENFORCE a tobacco Free society.
The seminar was conducted by Dr. Pawan Gupta, Director of Surgical Oncology at MAX Hospital, Delhi, and Founder of ICanCaRe Academy. He has done intensive research and established a simplified digital tobacco Cessation protocol, and also the author of many books on the subject. Through the ICanCaRe Academy have trained more than 1,000 doctors on successful ICanCaRe protocols for successful quit tobacco programs.
Dr. Ameya Bihani, Head and Neck Cancer surgeon and the first Certified Tobacco Cessation specialist of Indore said that cancer is on the rise in Indore and MP as a whole. Tobacco is a bad addiction difficult to quit. I induct my patients to quit tobacco protocol and this has improved my surgical outcome.
Dr Arati Chaudhary, Oral Medicine and Dental Oncologist and also an Orientation Course Tobacco Cessation Certificate holder of Gujarat University convenor of the seminar said there is a lack of awareness amongst the doctors on how to help their patients to quit tobacco, this seminar will help in sensitizing the doctors on the ICanCaRe digital protocol based program and the ICanCaRe APP. We will be introducing the SAVE the Youth campaign in toto in Indore.
Dr. Dilip Acharya, renowned surgeon of Indore, suggested that the ICanCaRe digital centres need to be set up in Indore. Appreciate the efforts of ICanCaRe in propagating the cause. Tobacco cessation is a therapy and needs to be adopted as part of treatment for all patients.
Dr. Rajesh Jain, Chairman of SRJ-CBCC Cancer Hospital, said that more than 50% of cancer patients are due to tobacco, and head and neck cancer patients are on the rise. The main reason is the rampant use of tobacco. As a part of Swach Abhiyan and Indore being a clean city, the SAVE the Youth campaign is needed in Indore. He would extend the facility at the hospital to include the TOBACCO CESSATION Program in his hospital as the first of its kind at Indore.
Mrs. Shuchi Khanna, a Humanity teacher at the Shishukunj International School, Indore said it is important that schools adopt the TOBACCO MARSHAL program of SAVE the Youth campaign to make children aware never to start or ever experiment with tobacco in their lifetime. Many children adopt the habit and suffer later. Although the government is working a lot, it is time that it is implemented strictly. She wants to be the first TOBACCO MARSHAL of the Indore city.
Mr. Rohit Khanna who helped organize the meeting, would be meeting doctors and social organisations to establish the ICanCaRe SAVE the Youth protocol in Indore. He said it is very fortunate that a beginning has happened and the momentum will continue.
Present in the meet were also the scientists from RRCAT who have been researching and developing instruments for early detection and treatment of oral cancers. The research product ONCODIAGNOSIS is a marvellous instrument which can be used to detect early cancers of oral cavity using spectroscopy. Extensive work on Photo biomodulation and Photodynamic therapy for oral cancers is also being done at the laboratory.
Many of the young doctors present in the meet showed interest to learn the ICanCaRe protocol and adopt the same in the future.
Tobacco use needs to be curtailed, and ICanCaRe SAVE the youth Campaign is to be adopted to make Indore further cleaner, greener, healthier and lively.
ICanCaRe अकादमी ने इंदौर में तंबाकू छोड़ो कार्यक्रम, युवा बचाओ अभियान के शुभारंभ के लिए एक सेमिनार आयोजित किया।
विभिन्न विशिष्टताओं – कैंसर, दंत चिकित्सा, ईएनटी, छाती, चिकित्सा, शिक्षा, फार्मेसी और सामाजिक क्षेत्र के 37 चयनित डॉक्टरों के साथ एक सेमिनार आयोजित किया गया था, जिसमें तंबाकू छोड़ने के लिए ICanCaRe तंबाकू समाप्ति प्रोटोकॉल और विशिष्ट दवाओं को अपनाने और SAVE the लॉन्च करने के लिए सेमिनार में भाग लिया गया था। इंदौर में युवा कार्यक्रम.
तम्बाकू एक जटिल बीमारी है, लोगों को तम्बाकू छोड़ने में मदद करने के लिए उचित हस्तक्षेप की आवश्यकता है। तम्बाकू कई बीमारियों का कारण है। यह सेमिनार पूरे भारत में पहुंचने के लिए ICanCaRe के युवा बचाओ अभियान के हिस्से के रूप में तंबाकू समाप्ति कार्यक्रम के लिए क्षमता निर्माण के लिए है। सेव द यूथ कार्यक्रम तंबाकू नियंत्रण की दिशा में एक संपूर्ण पारिस्थितिकी तंत्र है। तम्बाकू के लिए सेव कार्यक्रम में तम्बाकू के खिलाफ संवेदनशीलता, डिजिटल प्रोटोकॉल हस्तक्षेप कार्यक्रम के माध्यम से उपयोगकर्ताओं को तम्बाकू छोड़ने में सहायता करना, तम्बाकू मुक्त समाज को लागू करने के लिए समाज में तम्बाकू मार्शल, तम्बाकू राजदूत और तम्बाकू समाप्ति विशेषज्ञ के रूप में स्वयंसेवी निर्माण शामिल है।
सेमिनार का संचालन दिल्ली के मैक्स अस्पताल में सर्जिकल ऑन्कोलॉजी के निदेशक और ICanCaRe अकादमी के संस्थापक डॉ. पवन गुप्ता ने किया। उन्होंने गहन शोध किया है और एक सरलीकृत डिजिटल तंबाकू समाप्ति प्रोटोकॉल स्थापित किया है, और इस विषय पर कई पुस्तकों के लेखक भी हैं। ICanCaRe अकादमी के माध्यम से तंबाकू छोड़ने के सफल कार्यक्रम के लिए सफल ICanCaRe प्रोटोकॉल पर 1,000 से अधिक डॉक्टरों को प्रशिक्षित किया गया है।
सिर और गर्दन के कैंसर सर्जन और इंदौर के पहले प्रमाणित तंबाकू समाप्ति विशेषज्ञ डॉ. अमेया बिहानी ने कहा कि इंदौर और पूरे एमपी में कैंसर बढ़ रहा है। तम्बाकू एक बुरी लत है जिसे छोड़ना मुश्किल है। मैं अपने मरीजों को तम्बाकू प्रोटोकॉल छोड़ने के लिए प्रेरित करता हूं और इससे मेरे सर्जिकल परिणाम में सुधार हुआ है।
सेमिनार की संयोजक ओरल मेडिसिन और डेंटल ऑन्कोलॉजिस्ट और ओरिएंटेशन कोर्स तंबाकू समाप्ति प्रमाणपत्र धारक गुजरात विश्वविद्यालय की डॉ. आरती चौधरी ने कहा कि डॉक्टरों के बीच जागरूकता की कमी है कि वे अपने मरीजों को तंबाकू छोड़ने में कैसे मदद करें, यह सेमिनार इसमें मदद करेगा। ICanCaRe डिजिटल प्रोटोकॉल आधारित कार्यक्रम और ICanCaRe APP पर डॉक्टरों को संवेदनशील बनाना। हम इंदौर में युवाओं को बचाने का अभियान पूरी तरह शुरू करेंगे।
इंदौर के प्रसिद्ध सर्जन डॉ. दिलीप आचार्य ने सुझाव दिया कि इंदौर में ICanCaRe डिजिटल सेंटर स्थापित करने की आवश्यकता है। इस मुद्दे को प्रचारित करने में ICanCaRe के प्रयासों की सराहना करें। तम्बाकू समाप्ति एक चिकित्सा है और इसे सभी रोगियों के लिए उपचार के भाग के रूप में अपनाने की आवश्यकता है।
एसआरजे-सीबीसीसी कैंसर अस्पताल के अध्यक्ष डॉ. राजेश जैन ने कहा कि 50% से अधिक कैंसर रोगी तंबाकू के कारण होते हैं, और सिर और गर्दन के कैंसर के रोगी बढ़ रहे हैं। इसका मुख्य कारण तम्बाकू का अंधाधुंध प्रयोग है। स्वच्छ अभियान और इंदौर के एक स्वच्छ शहर होने के नाते, इंदौर में युवा बचाओ अभियान की जरूरत है। वह इंदौर में अपनी तरह के पहले अस्पताल में तंबाकू निवारण कार्यक्रम को शामिल करने के लिए अस्पताल में सुविधा का विस्तार करेंगे।
शिशुकुंज इंटरनेशनल स्कूल, इंदौर में मानवता की शिक्षिका श्रीमती शुचि खन्ना ने कहा कि यह महत्वपूर्ण है कि स्कूल युवाओं को बचाने के अभियान के तंबाकू मार्शल कार्यक्रम को अपनाएं ताकि बच्चों को अपने जीवनकाल में कभी भी तंबाकू का सेवन शुरू न करने या इसका प्रयोग न करने के लिए जागरूक किया जा सके। कई बच्चे इस आदत को अपना लेते हैं और बाद में उन्हें इसका खामियाजा भुगतना पड़ता है। हालांकि सरकार इस पर काफी काम कर रही है लेकिन अब समय आ गया है कि इसे सख्ती से लागू किया जाए। वह इंदौर शहर की पहली तंबाकू मार्शल बनना चाहती हैं।
श्री रोहित खन्ना, जिन्होंने बैठक आयोजित करने में मदद की, इंदौर में ICanCaRe SAVE the Youth प्रोटोकॉल की स्थापना के लिए डॉक्टरों और सामाजिक संगठनों से मुलाकात करेंगे। उन्होंने कहा कि यह बहुत सौभाग्य की बात है कि शुरुआत हुई है और यह गति जारी रहेगी।
बैठक में आरआरसीएटी के वैज्ञानिक भी उपस्थित थे जो मौखिक कैंसर का शीघ्र पता लगाने और उपचार के लिए उपकरणों पर शोध और विकास कर रहे हैं। अनुसंधान उत्पाद ऑन्कोडायग्नोसिस एक अद्भुत उपकरण है जिसका उपयोग स्पेक्ट्रोस्कोपी का उपयोग करके मौखिक गुहा के प्रारंभिक कैंसर का पता लगाने के लिए किया जा सकता है। प्रयोगशाला में मौखिक कैंसर के लिए फोटो बायोमॉड्यूलेशन और फोटोडायनामिक थेरेपी पर भी व्यापक काम किया जा रहा है।
बैठक में उपस्थित कई युवा डॉक्टरों ने ICanCaRe प्रोटोकॉल को सीखने और भविष्य में इसे अपनाने में रुचि दिखाई।
तम्बाकू के उपयोग को कम करने की आवश्यकता है, और इंदौर को और अधिक स्वच्छ, हरा-भरा, स्वस्थ और जीवंत बनाने के लिए ICanCaRe SAVE the Youth अभियान को अपनाया जाना चाहिए।
What can be more exciting than meeting the most dynamic MAYOR of India! Yes, I had the opportunity to meet Mr. Umesh Gautam, who has been recognized as the best, innovative, and dynamic Mayor of India. He has changed the city of Bareilly. Dr. Gautam is also the CHANCELLOR of INVERTIS University and PRESIDENT of the MISSION HOSPITAL. Present during the meeting was also his father Mr. K. K. Gautam, retired DSP of UP, a big personality in himself. I was introduced to Dr. Umesh by him.
Bareilly is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is known for its strategic location as a connecting town to the Himalayan mountains and the Indo-Nepal border. Bareilly has a rich cultural heritage and a history of trade and commerce. As the gateway to the mountains, Bareilly is a rich business town. Dr. Umesh Gautam has brought an evident change in the entire city since his first election as MAYOR and was given a resounding victory for the second term. The roads, the sewerage system, water supply speak for his dedication to the city.
SENSITIZING About ICanCaRe – SAVE the Youth Campaign – I discussed my SAVE the Youth campaign for the menace of tobacco. The harms – First hand, Second hand, third hand, and more importantly the fourth hand. TOBACCO IS THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENT HAZARD and the long-term harm to the soil, water, and air is irreversible. I suggested that BAREILLY under his leadership should be the model for a TOBACCO-free India. The meeting lasted for 2 hours, and he grasped each and every aspect of SAVE (SENSITIZATION, ASSISTANCE, VOLUNTEER CAPACITY BUILDING, and ENFORCEMENT) and how all aspect of society is affected and can be involved. He assured all help to ICanCaRe to promote the cause in Bareilly.
CANCER in Bareilly – Health is another issue that he wants to do more for the people of Bareilly and also the mountain area to which Bareilly is the lifeline. He said cancer is on the rise and people are not able to get the correct treatment. There is a need for ultramodern hospital facilities in the area.
Awareness, prevention, and Treatment are needed for the future and have to be worked upon.
I visited the University campus and was astonished by the huge classes, library, hostel facility, recreational and sports facilities, and the huge auditorium with 2000 sitting arrangements. The lush green campus with green buildings was testimony to the student and environment-friendly management.
Later, I visited the MISSION HOSPITAL and came to know that the hospital is almost 100 years old and built on 33 acres of land in the center of the city. It was the busiest center during the pandemic and saved many a life. It caters to people in Bareilly and adjoining areas including the Mountain connecting Nainital, Almora, etc.
It was a great feeling meeting and listening to Dr. Umesh Gautam. God Bless.
