LUCKNOW, Feb. 12 -- On the first day of the Surgical Education Program (SEP) 2025-held as a precursor to the 113th Foundation Day of King George's Medical University's (KGMU) general surgery department-experts emphasised the importance of early breast cancer detection and breast conservation surgery to avoid radical mastectomies at later stages. Dr Anjali Mishra of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), one of the speakers at the seminar, highlighted that symptoms of Stage-IV breast cancer can include dizziness, bone pain, and weight loss.

Discussions on various aspects of breast cancer, along with ailments related to the head, neck, and thyroid, were held on the first day of SEP 2025. The day featured 13 lec...