Brain tumour patients getting suboptimal care in Pakistan
The Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.
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Article Author: Brain tumour patients getting suboptimal care in Pakistan
Media Source: The Express Tribune (Pakistan)
Date: 10 September 2020
Lack of research has resulted in "suboptimal care" for brain tumour patients, pointed out health experts at the inaugural symposium of the Pakistan Society of Neuro-oncology (PASNO) at Aga Khan University (AKU). At the symposium, held to discuss the preliminary findings of a nationwide study, these health experts highlighted that…
Lack of research has resulted in "suboptimal care" for brain tumour patients, pointed out health experts at the inaugural symposium of the Pakistan Society of Neuro-oncology (PASNO) at Aga Khan University (AKU). At the symposium, held to discuss the preliminary findings of a nationwide study, these health experts highlighted that brain tumours had one of the lowest survival rates among all types of cancer in Pakistan. "Neuro-oncology has been largely ignored as a specialty in Pakistan," said Professor Syed Ather Enam, a neurosurgeon at AKU and PASNO's Founding President.