Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital announced Thursday that genetic testing is being planned to prevent and control eye cancer in children. To this end, a genetic testing lab is under construction and will start functioning in five months.
Pakistan is witnessing a high prevalence of eye cancer in children as compared to neighboring countries; therefore, the trust has decided to redouble its efforts to combat the menace, it said.
Prof. Dr. Tayyab Afghani, consultant and HOD of Orbit and Oculoplastic Department at Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital, said that about 700 children with eye cancer are treated annually at various trust facilities.
