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Detect cancer in 5 minutes using URC

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PUNE: A do-it-yourself (DIY) kit, on the lines of the pregnancy test, for early detection of cancer is what you need to take preventive steps against that dreaded disease. Developed by Chinese researchers and manufactured by the Wuhan Chenkang Technology Co in Wuhan City, this screening test gives results in three to five minutes.

The Indian importer for URC (Urine test reagen for cancer), Ramesh Kripalani, who packages it here to be sold as an over-the-counter product, pointed to the possible applications of the test. “If there’s a lump and one suspects cancer, then one can take the test. And if the test is positive, then one should rush to an oncologist because early detection of a cancer is critical,” said Theodoma India managing director Mr Kripalani.

Dr Minish Jain, medical oncologist, Ruby Hall Clinic, was emphatic that this is a screening test and not a diagnostic one. “If the test is done following the steps listed on the package, that is, fasting, no medication for the stipualted period prior to taking the test and the urine sample collected in a sterile container, then the chances of accuracy are high. The success rate of the test has been an enormous 90%, on the 150 patients we conducted it on. Now, we have begun to do it commercially at the hospital and have already done 30 patients,” Dr Jain said.

There is a note of caution being sounded by other oncologists who prefer to wait and get more definitive evidence. “I would be rather sceptical about this unless there is more research done on it, after more trials and experiments are done, followed by peer review and publication in scientific journals and the food and drug administration authorities accept it.

After all, a test like this one could show that a patient has a cancer but where? That does not show up and it is not possible to locate the cancer, either,” said one prominent city oncologist on condition of anonymity.

Wockhardt Hospitals plans to foray into organ transplant

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KOLKATA: Wockhardt Hospitals is planning to make a major foray into the organ transplantation segment. The hospital chain is closely working with its partner, Harvard Medical International, to finalise the finer modalities and treatment protocol. Wockhardt plans to offer transplantation services for liver, kidney and heart.


Wockhardt Hospitals chief operating officer Lloyd Nazareth told mediapersons here on Friday that the hospital is currently building a team for transplantation procedures.

“A lot of senior Indian doctors who are specialists in transplantation are joining from abroad. We intend to replicate our success in super-speciality care in organ transplantation as well,” Mr Nazareth said.

Wockhardt already performs transplantation surgeries in a small way for liver and kidney. “We intend to make it mainstream and start cardiac transplantation surgery as well. These surgeries will be performed in the group’s existing hospitals and may be later expanded,” Wockhardt Hospitals MD Anil V Kamath said.

The hospital chain is building its Bangalore and Mumbai facilities as centres of clinical excellence where the transplantation procedures will be initially practised. The hospital will perform these surgeries at nearly one-fifth to one-eighth cost of their treatment in the West.

Accordingly, the cost of liver transplantation will be around Rs 14-15 lakh and kidney around Rs 3 lakh. Analysts feel this will also help Wockhardt to attract a lot of patients from western nations as part of its global medical tourism initiative. Wockhardt’s current focus areas are cardiology, cardiac surgery, orthopaedics, neurology, neuro-surgery, urology, nephrology, critical care and minimal invasive surgery.

Publisher’s Disclosure: Bennett, Coleman & Company Limited holds 1.55% of the post-public issue equity capital of Wockhardt Hospitals Limited.

The company has a strategic partnership with Harvard Medical International, a subsidiary of the Harvard Medical School. Wockhardt has also drawn up plans to expand its network from 15 hospitals currently to 31 facilities by 2010.

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