The burden of cancer is increasing, says expert

ABU DHABI: The second day of the 10th edition of the Emirates Oncology Conference (EOC 2022) continues to shed light on significant advancements in cancer research, education, and research in the field. The conference is hosted by the Abu Dhabi Health Services - SEHA, which is commited to providing the UAE with world-class health care and continuous medical education to keep the public informed and ensuring medical professionals stay updated in their respective field.

The second day of EOC included important sessions that touched on many subjects featuring internationally renowned speakers who delivered insighful lectures and visual presentations to keep the audience engaged.

Prof. Syed Hussain, Consultant in Medical Oncology at the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom, stated, “The landscape is changing in cancer. The cancer burden is increasing and will continue to increase over the next decade. We need to be able to improve on drug development... We also have many new techniques and technology developments that are advancing, but one of the major things we can do is to detect and prevent cancer earlier. If we detect cancers at an early stage, patients have up to an 80 percent survival over 5 years.”

Dr. Atab Ahmed Bhati, Consultant Urological Surgeon at Tawam Hospital, stated, “EOC has turned into the leading Oncology meetings in the region. It started out with 1,200 delegates and now we expect to welcome more than 3,500 over the weekend. This conference is unique in that it involves all the disciplines across medical and surgical specialities. It allows people to share expertise in their own areas and expand it across and connect with others with different expertise.”

EOC is the leading oncology plaform in UAE for physicians, surgeons, researchers, healthcare providers and industry representatives to participate in and share ideas to build the future of cancer care in the UAE.

Various leading doctors, scientists, professors, students, and so many more experts in the field of cancer treatment and diagnosis have gathered in Abu Dhabi to collaborate in finding solutions to the many challenges they face by sharing the latest ground-breaking research and technology available today.

Prof. Hennie Botha, Head of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, held an important session discussing the eradication of global cervical cancer through simple steps people can take at an early age. He stated, “I held a talk that spoke about the Global Cervical Cancer Eradication.”