"HTLS 2017: Cut Down On Animal Fat, Red Meat, And Sugar To Prevent Cancer" - Ash Tewari, MD
Cancer kills 700,000 people every year and 30 percent of these deaths can be prevented by simple lifestyle changes and early detection, said Ash Tewari, MBBS, MCh, professor and system chair of urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai at the 15th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. Dr. Tewari set the tone for the session, titled “How to Beat Cancer”, with the suggestion that India should open itself to a more honest conversation on the disease. “If you begin the fight early on when it’s possible to zap the cells, the cancer is treatable… but if you wait for the symptoms, the fight gets difficult,” Dr. Tewari said. More than 1.4 million people in India are diagnosed with cancer every year. Breast and cervical cancers in women and lung and oral cancers in men are the leading forms of the disease. Lifestyle changes, the experts agreed, play a major role in preventing cancer. Dr. Tewari, an expert in robotic surgery of prostate and urinary cancers, advised that people should be more careful about inflammations. “For instance, a liver inflammation can lead to cancer. Any inflammation or a lump that is left unattended can grow into a cancer. Inflammation can be provoked by chronic stress,” he said.
- Ashutosh Tewari, MBBS, MCh, Professor, System Chair, Urology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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