Things That Make Women More Prone to Cancer While studies suggest that globally, more men are prone to cancer [1], women can be better equipped to beat the disease and come out winning. The key – knowing your risk factors,…
4 Odd Things That Raise Your Risk of Cancer (and 1 That Doesn’t) Avoid smoking and tobacco products, eat healthily, get screened for hereditary cancers and vaccinated for HPV — These are common enough things to avoid to prevent cancer.…
What after a cancer diagnosis? “Besides cancer treatment, what really matters is their attitude towards their treatment. We have noticed that a positive attitude helps in better treatment outcomes.” Says Dr Ashay Karpe, Medical oncologist and haematologist at Sunrise oncology…
Cervical cancer can be treated successfully. There is light at the end of the cancer tunnel—the catch: Get screened for cancer regularly and get vaccinated against the Human Papillomavirus. But, in India, the stigma associated with any ailment related to…
All your questions about cervical cancer: Answered Cervical cancer can most often be successfully treated if diagnosed early. But, first, it is essential to understand what the disease is and get screened for it. So, here’s all the most common…
Your relationship with food and nutrition completely changes when you are diagnosed with cancer. What was probably the easiest thing to do before cancer, becomes all that more difficult after cancer –because now you must eat to keep up your…
The goal of any cancer treatment is to try to cure cancer and allow you to live as long a life as possible. Depending on several factors including the kind of cancer you have, the speed at which it is…
In the year 2020, 94.1 per 100,000 men and 103.6 per 100,000 females are likely to be diagnosed with cancer. Cancer is a condition that is often believed to be the end-of-the-line. But it is myths like this and many…
“In India lifestyle diseases like diabetes, obesity and hypertension are quite common and there is definitely a biological plausibility between these diseases and cancer. Because, when a person has diabetes, they definitely have insulin resistance and are generally obese, both…
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in India with 48,698 men and 19,097 women being afflicted with the disease every year, as of 2018. [3] As per Dr Ashay Karpe, Medical oncologist and hematologist, Sunrise Oncology Centre, “Lung…