Recently I got a mail from a doctor who cleared AIPGME and wanted to join MD Radiotherapy. He asked me certain questions. I decided to write my opinion regarding the new and evolving world of Radiation Oncology. I hope I am able to help some of my readers. Feed back and suggestions are welcome and […]
Smoking is the greatest preventable cause of cancer Worldwide, nearly 1200 million people smoke and other hundreds of millions are smokeless tobacco users. Cigarette smoking is estimated to cause many more than 1 million cancer deaths annually worldwide and it includes 27% of all cancer deaths in developed countries and 34%in USA.
While traveling to Bhubaneswar from Hyderabad by Falaknuma express I met a foreigner Mr Jacco. While having a short chat i was discussing about his experience in India. I asked Mr Jacco to write his experience in India and mail me. Here is the mail which nicely depicts the diversity of India starting from
My favorite cricketer Yuvraj Singh is diagnosed to have mediastinal seminoma. The life is very unpredictable but the way i look at it is his tumor is curable and he can be seen hitting sixes at the earliest.As the word cancer is scary, i thought to add a brief overview of the tumor he is diagnosed.
Screening is defined by the use of clinical and laboratory methods to detect disease early in asymptomatic individuals with the aim of decreasing morbidity and mortality. For cancer screening a test would detect cancer before it would occur or at least at its earliest stage. All the cancers are not suitable for screening; those cancers […]
How to know that G mail is Hacked? The hacker immediately sends mail to all the people in the contact list writing a mail “ I am in xyz place and I have lost my wallet and is in great trouble plz send me money”. Mostly hearing this many of the close people give a […]
When a relative is diagnosed with a disease called cancer it’s a tough thing to accept. Most of my patients during their first visit come very confused about the diagnosis and they usually have many questions. I thought of writing this to guide my readers about the diagnosis of Cancer.
The chances that a child has cancer are rare but still it constitutes less than 5% of all causes of cancer in India. The statistics say the chances of a child getting cancer before 19 yrs are 1 in 330 children. Seven out of 10 children with cancer in the resource-rich countries are cured, with […]
A journey or a lesson for life Pre journey Suspense: I got my intimation for Services selection board (SSB) interview in Bhopal. Being a student of Sainik School, it was a dream comes true. I was supposed to report on 20th of January 1996. I was very excited and started to look for tickets. I […]
