A senior official at the Tata Trusts has said efforts were being made to establish an advanced hospital in Maharashtra's Latur for cancer patients and reduce their challenges for travelling to Mumbai for the treatment.

Highlighting the need for district-level cancer hospitals affiliated with government medical colleges, Dr Kailash Sharma, medical director with Tata charitable trust, told PTI over the weekend that timely biopsy reports and affordable cancer treatment are critical for the common people.