CT scans: A boon and a bane for cancer patients

Any oncologist or an expert can easily detect cancer in the CT scan but due to lack of proper health infrastructure in their village, her treatment was delayed for over four months,” she said.

Doctors say that while many patients were detected with cancer at a very early stage thanks to the CT scan for covid, others had their treatment delayed by months due to misdiagnosis Thanks to the CT scans done to detect covid-19, many patients were diagnosed with having cancer, as the scans picked up the cancerous lumps. However, many others –- especially those in rural areas -- who went to inept healthcare facilities were misdiagnosed and treated for covid, pneumonia, and even TB. As a result, patients in their third and fourth stages of cancer are now turning up at hospitals.