The Kerala government proposes to conduct comprehensive research on breast cancer and thyroid cancer in the State, the incidence of which have been rising at an alarming proportion for reasons unknown.
Adolescent girls in the State would be administered the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccine against cervical cancer, according to the progress report brought out by the LDF government on the occasion of the completion of the first year of the second term of the LDF government led by Pinarayi Vijayan.
Adult vaccination, early cancer screening and decentralisation of cancer care figure prominently in the report. The elderly would be administered flu vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine to prevent pneumonia. The report speaks about formulating a comprehensive geriatric care and protection scheme.
