Dr Abhishek Shankar: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- author of a perspective on lung cancer screening published by the IARC
- Quoted on
- Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 5 Oct 2026
“We have seen that 93% of all the lung cancer cases are diagnosed in advanced stages. LDCT (low-dose computed tomography) based lung cancer screening can reduce the mortality from lung cancer by treating the disease at an early stage. While lung cancer screening is not a part of the government's programme, there should be efforts at institutional level to provide lung cancer screening.”
What Dr Abhishek Shankar has said
“This is particularly relevant for India, where tobacco use is an important risk factor but lung cancer risk is also influenced by ambient and household air pollution, occupational exposure to carcinogens, second-hand smoke and other environmental factors.”
Assistant professor at the Department of Radiation Oncology at AIIMS, Delhi · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 29 Sept 2026 · Global lung cancer screening lessons offer roadmap for India: AIIMS expert ↗
Where Dr Abhishek Shankar has been quoted
- Lung cancer is India’s deadliest cancer. So why don’t we screen for it?indianexpress.com · 5 Oct 2026
- Global lung cancer screening lessons offer roadmap for India: AIIMS experthealth.economictimes.indiatimes.com · 29 Sept 2026
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