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

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