Screening for breast cancer

Screening for Breast Cancer screening
It is a well known fact that breast cancer (or for that matter any cancer), when detected and treated in its early stage, is curable. The point is- how do ...
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2024-02-15

What we say and what we mean

What we say and what we mean.
A patient’s relative was discussing treatment options for his patient. The patient had an advanced cancer for which most standard treatments had failed. We were ...
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2024-02-14

A BIOPSY

“I don’t want to undergo a biopsy; it can cause the cancer to grow faster.”
Quite a few patients share this notion. Patients are advised a biopsy of a suspicious looking tumour and they s ...
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2024-02-13

BREAST CANCER SCREENING

It is a well known fact that breast cancer (or for that matter any cancer), when detected and treated in its early stage, is curable. The point is- how do we diagnose cancer in its early stage?
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2024-02-12

BREAST CANCER SURGERY- CONSERVATIVE OR RADICAL?

Surgery is an integral part of treatment for breast cancer. The timing and extent of surgery may vary depending upon the patient’s choice and stage at presentation but all operable breast cancer pa ...
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2024-02-11

EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER- HOW, WHICH, WHEN, WHY...

Early detection of cancer- How, which, when, why……….
It is a well known fact that cancer, when detected and treated in its early stage, is curable. The point is- how do we diagnose cancer ...
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2024-02-10

GOT DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER

It is natural for a patient to feel devastated after being diagnosed with cancer. Most patients are too numbed by the pain of this diagnosis to enter into a prolonged question-and-answer session with ...
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2024-02-09

LUNG CANCER

Cancer of the lung is the commonest cancer in men worldwide. In some parts of the world, the incidence of lung cancer in women is rising too. Once regarded as a ‘killer cancer’ (the mortality of l ...
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2024-02-08

BREAST CANCER

Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women worldwide. It has garnered a lot of attention world-wide and is an active area of pharmacologic and epidemiologic research. Several celebrities are a ...
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2024-02-07