In this episode of The Lead from DH Radio, BMT physician Dr Shweta Bansal, who works as consultant paediatric oncologist at the Masina Hospital, gives insights about cancer in children.
Ahmed Shariff: 15th February is marked as International childhood cancer day. How do children develop cancer and what are the reasons behind that. To know more about this, today we are joined by BMT physician Dr Shweta Bansal, who works as consultant paediatric oncologist at the Masina Hospital. Hi, Dr Shweta welcome to DH Radio.
Dr Shweta Bansal: Hi, Ahmed. Nice to connect with you.
Ahmed: Dr, my first question is what are the causes or reasons for children developing Cancer?
Dr Shweta: I would say this is a little complicated. The easy answer would be 'we don't know', but there are multiple kinds of research and information with which we can pinpoint some of the factors...
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