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Adopting Tobacco Cessation in Real World Clinical Practice

The first–ever full symposium focussing on tobacco Cessation was held at the just concluded 23rd Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology National Conference held at Daman from 22nd to 24th December. Thanks to the organizing committee for including this important topic in FHNO – Dr. Rajesh Kantharia, Dr. Prathamesh Pai, Dr. P. Arun, Dr. Dushyant Mandlik

The symposium was Chaired by Dr. Naresh Sharma,  HOD – Oro-maxillofacial Surgery, BHU, Varanasi, and conducted by Dr Pawan Gupta Sr. Director Surgical Oncology, MAX Institute of Cancer Care, Vaishali and founder of ICanCaRe.

Dr. Ajay Vidyarthi, HOD Surgical Oncology, Bhagwan Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna spoke on “Integrating Tobacco Cessation to Improve Treatment Outcome in Clinical Practice”, highlighting the evidence for Tobacco Cessation in oncology practice.

A QUIZ – EVOLVE and ENGAGE Tobacco Cessation was conducted by the quiz MASTER – Dr. Suman Kharkwal (Delhi), HOD, Surgical oncology, ESI Hospital Delhi, and Coordinator – Dr. Bhavya Mishra fellow at MAX Hospital Delhi. The winners of the quiz were selected for the Scholarship for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist Course accredited by Gujarat University.

This was followed by a panel discussion. Prathamesh Pai, Dr. P. Arun, Dr. Dushyant Mandlik

The symposium was Chaired by Dr. Naresh Sharma,  HOD – Oro-maxillofacial Surgery, BHU, Varanasi, and conducted by Dr Pawan Gupta Sr. Director Surgical Oncology, MAX Institute of Cancer Care, Vaishali and founder of ICanCaRe.

Dr. Ajay Vidyarthi, HOD Surgical Oncology, Bhagwan Mahavir Cancer Sansthan, Patna spoke on “Integrating Tobacco Cessation to Improve Treatment Outcome in Clinical Practice”, highlighting the evidence for Tobacco Cessation in oncology practice.

A QUIZ – EVOLVE and ENGAGE Tobacco Cessation was conducted by the quiz MASTER – Dr. Suman Kharkwal (Delhi), HOD, Surgical oncology, ESI Hospital Delhi, and Coordinator – Dr. Bhavya Mishra fellow at MAX Hospital Delhi. The winners of the quiz were selected for the Scholarship for Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist Course accredited by Gujarat University.

This was followed by a panel discussion “ADOPTING TOBACCO CESSATION in Real World Clinical  Practice”. The panel was moderated by Dr. Pawan Gupta and panelists were –

·      Dr. Ajay Vidyarthi (Patna)

·       Susan Samson Anant Mrs. Susan Samson, NGO (Vadodara)President, Faith Foundation, Vadodara

·       Dr Snehal Shah HN (Mumbai)

·       Dr. Suman Kharkwal (Delhi)

·       Dr AMEYA BIHANI HN Sr. Consultant, HCG Hospital (Indore)

·       Dr. Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Asso Prof, OMFS, BHU (Varanasi)

·       Dr. Uma Shankar Pal, HOD, OMFS, KGMU,  (Lucknow)

·       ghatdeep kaur Dr. Ghatdeep Kaur, Fellow, FHNO, MAX Hospital (Delhi)

TrisCaRe was given away to all the panelists and enthusiastic participants in the audience.

The symposium ended on a high note with everyone agreeing that Tobacco Cessation should be an integral part of the head and neck oncology practice and an integral part of the training during fellowship or specialization.

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Winners of FHNO – ICanCaRe Scholarship for Capacity Building

Winners of FHNO – ICanCaRe Scholarship Quiz for Capacity Building for Tobacco Cessation and Oral Cancer Control Education

 FHNO – ICanCaRe Academy Awards Scholarships Valued at INR 1 Lakh at the 23rd FHNO National Conference held at Daman from 22nd to 24th December.

First prize – Scholarship of Rs. 10000/- + TRISCaRe+ certificate

Second Prize – Scholarship of Rs.8000/- + TrisCaRe + certificate

Third prize Scholarship 7000/-+ TrisCaRe + certificate

4th and 10th get scholarships of 5000/- each

The Scholarship is for the CERTIFIED TOBACCO CESSATION SPECIALIST course by GUJARAT UNIVERSITY conducted by ICanCaRe www.icancare.in/academy/ctcs

Quiz Master – Dr. Pawan Gupta and Dr. Suman Kharkwal (9818850833)

ICanCaRe Academy continues to drive its mission of empowering professionals, enhancing awareness, and enabling individuals to earn valuable expertise in tobacco cessation and oral care, aiming for a tobacco-free world.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Waiting List – 11-15th Rank

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Dr. Pawan Gupta at the Annual Conference of Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology 2022, Guwahati

Dr. Pawan Gupta, Director of Surgical Oncology HN, MAX Institute of Cancer Care – EZ and Founder of ICanCaRe was invited faulty at the annual conference of the Foundation for Head and Neck Oncology held at Guwahati from 4-6th November 2022.

It is an honor to be invited to deliver a talk at an august gathering of stalwarts who are at the helm of changing the scenario for head and neck cancer patients.

Gratitude to Dr. Prathamesh Pai, President, FHNO, and Dr. Ashok Das Organising secretary of the annual conference of FHNO 2022.

Dr. Pawan Gupta delivered a talk on “TOBACCO CESSATION STRATEGY AND CAPACITY BUILDING” Chair of the talk were Dr. Munin Baruah and Dr. Tasnin Rahman.

Dr. Pawan Gupta emphasized that Tobacco Cessation in India is different and the western methodology cannot be just copied for our Indian patients. The Indians have different sorts of problems and each problem needs to be addressed independently. Tobacco cessation is now available, feasible, and effective. ICanCaRe has evolved the methodology over a period of time and simplified it by laying down some simple protocols – put as ABCD of Tobacco Cessation. A standard intervention but customized for the individual as per digital protocol on the ICanCaRe app (http://app.icancare.in) has borne results.

The simplified protocol needs to be amplified with the involvement of everyone across society. People need specialists who can successfully treat this complex disease of Tobacco Addiction. ICanCaRe academy trains people at three different levels to get involved in tobacco control – TOBACCO MARSHAL, TOBACCO AMBASSADORS, and TOBACCO INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS (www.icancare.in/academy).  The course has been accredited by Gujarat University and is an intensive practical course to introduce standardized intervention for tobacco cessation across India. We need to have effective tobacco cessation clinics across India manned by a trained and skilled specialists, visibly present and networked with other specialists to benefit their patients.

The Talk was followed by a discussion on the use of Areccanut and controlling the same. Areccanut commonly called supari, Guha, etc is another big havoc causing a major public nuisance and promoting illness. The problem was highlighted by Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi who led the panel discussion with panelists representing the society – Dr. Ashok Das, Dr. Tashnin Rahman, Dr. Chanmiki Miki,  Dr. Gayatri Gogoi, Mrs. Zublee Baruah, Mr. Amit Yadav, Dr. Ravi Kannan, Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, Dr. Prathamesh Pai, Dr. Pawan Gupta, Dr. Munin Baruah. It was decided to frame a Guwahati declaration on the outcome of the panel discussion.

Tobacco is a public problem and it is important that everyone gets involved and stand strong to subdue the Tobacco Industry.

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