Navjot Sidhu's claim false, oncologist said – no magic formula for cancer made!
Cancer Treatment: Cancer experts have recently questioned the claims of former cricketer and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu's wife being cured of cancer. Experts said chemotherapy, surgery or radiation is the basis of cancer treatment. No other magic formula works on this disease.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu had issued a statement saying that his wife, who is suffering from cancer, has recovered from this deadly disease by taking a better diet. Cancer experts have accused Sidhu, a former Rajya Sabha member, of sensationalising and misleading people. In a recent press conference in Amritsar, Punjab, Sidhu said diet plays an important role in his wife Navjot Kaur's breast cancer treatment. He had told that his wife has come out of cancer by not eating dairy products and sugar, by giving a gap in food, by consuming turmeric and neem.
Dr Harit Chaturvedi, chairman of Max Institute of Cancer Care, told IANS: "Cancer is not a disease that can be treated with a magic recipe. The treatment of cancer is decided on the basis of the subtype of cancer, specific genetic changes. Which organ the cancer is in, how fast it is spreading, also depends to a great extent.
Natural remedies cannot cure cancer
Dr Pritam Kataria, Consultant, Medical Oncology, Sir HN Reliance Foundation Hospital, said, "Cancer can be treated through chemotherapy, surgery or radiation. This is the backbone of the cure. Natural elements cannot replace its treatment with diet control.
Sidhu is misleading
In the press conference, Sidhu revealed that his wife had a 5 per cent chance of survival. However, he overcame stage 4 cancer by following simple diet and lifestyle rules. After Sidhu's viral video, oncologists claimed that he had caused immense harm to society by misleading people about the disease, which kills over 9 lakh people every year in India. In an open letter posted on LinkedIn, Dr Abhishek Shankar, assistant professor in the department of radiation oncology, Dr BR Ambedkar Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital at AIIMS in Delhi, accused the former cricketer of spreading misinformation.
9 lakh people die of cancer every year in India
"When it comes to dispelling the myth among the general public to promote cancer care in India, a lot is expected from a public figure like you. Dr Mandeep Singh Malhotra, Director of Surgical Oncology at CK Birla Hospital, Delhi, told IANS: "The claims of curing cancer only through diet lack scientific validation. Treatment should include a kind of diet but not as a solution to this disease.