Cancer care is a journey, not a one-time visit. At yesterday’s FICCI Tamil Nadu roundtable, we focused on a simple idea: help people earlier, treat them faster, and stand with them after. Prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship; each step matters, and we need one seamless path. The whole day focused on group discussions involving Dr. Therani Rajan, Additional Director, DME, Government of Tamil Nadu, Dr Ezhilan Naganathan, MLA (DMK), Member-Health Wing, DMK & Member, State Planning Commission, Government of Tamil Nadu; Mr J Jayaseelan, Chairman, Indian Drug Manufacturers' Association for improving Cancer Care Eco System in Tamil Nadu, were thought-provoking & insightful.
Two changes can move us quickly: (1) making advanced tests like Genomics & PET Scanners & Linear Accelerators available outside big cities, and (2) paying for what actually improves lives – community screening , earlier diagnosis, better survival, and quality of life. Tamil Nadu can lead by standardising protocols, expanding public capacity, and tracking outcomes transparently through central registry & compulsory notifications. Grateful to colleagues across sectors for their insights, but this is a conversation everyone should join. If you could fix just one link in the chain – hospital, lab, policy, or community – what would it be?
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