By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh
08th August:- India has high death rate despite having less patients as
compare to US. In fact Asians are ‘low risk group’ for prostate cancer as
prostate cancer is 10 times more common in Americans than in Asians. Whereas
blacks are in high risk category, whites are in average the Asians are fall in
low risk category. This was stated by an Internationally renowned cancer
specialist, Dr Devinder Singh Sandhu while addressing a press conference at
Chandigarh Press Club on ‘cancer awareness’ here today after returning from US
where he was invited by American doctors to update them on prostate cancer
screening in Asian immigrants to US.
Dr. Devinder Singh Sandhu
educated American doctors during his 45-minute lecture at Centre for
Experiential Learning at University of Rochester, New York on July 29th in a
2-day continued medical education (CME) program The CME was granted 8 credit
hours by university.
Dr Devinder Singh Sandhu
who runs a Sandhu Cancer Centre at Ludhiana informed that every year worldwide
more than 11-lakh new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed and 3-lakh dies
out of it every year. Interestingly American blacks have the highest incidence whereas
Asian immigrants in US have lowest rate.
He advocated regular PSA
testing for Asians starting at 45-yr of age as against 50-yr for whites &
40-yr for blacks. PSA testing should stop at 60-yr in Asian immigrants as
against 70-yr in whites. This difference is due to diagnosis of cancers at
early age in Indians & less life expectancy of around 67-yr in Indians as
compared to the Americans who have life expectance of 78-yr.
Meanwhile it was a great
honor not only for Dr. Devinder Singh Sandhu, but also for Punjab and India as
well as because people often consider India as a backward country but an Indian
cancer super specialist was called by American doctors to update them on
prostate cancer screening in Asian immigrants to US. Congressman Jim Costa was
the Chief Guest in that event.
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