3Dimentional Confirmal Radio Therapy Laxamma a 60yr old patient presented to me with a diagnosis of carcinoma cervix. When I told her that she needs treatment with radiotherapy she was taken by surprise as the term radiotherapy was very new to her. She had no idea what is radiotherapy and how is it going […]
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Fight against Cancer: Questions to ask your doctor on being diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Rama a 46 yr old female presented with breast lump. She was diagnosed to have Breast cancer. Rama had lots of apprehensions and queries but she really did not know what to ask and hence adding to her confusion. So I just decided to compile some pertinent questions that you need to ask […]
Call for cervical cancer awareness in Vizag
Call for cervical cancer awareness in Vizag For Radha, the monthly menstrual cycle was like a nightmare. The pain and excessive bleeding left her exhausted. However, she ignored it thinking that it was only due to the physical and mental strain she was going through. Recently when the problem became unbearable she consulted a doctor […]
What questions to ask doctor about cancer?
When a person is affected by cancer the patient and relatives become very nervous and confused. They try to take thousands of opinions without knowing what they want to know from the various doctors they meet. In this post i have compiled few important questions that the patient need to ask the doctor after the […]
Radiotherapy: An Insight
Whenever our near and dear is affected by cancer and the doctor says that the patient needs radiotherapy we have lot of questions in our mind. In fact radiotherapy is a subject of medicine about which we don’t have much information. I am writing this post to educate my readers about the common questions about […]
Let’s take a pledge to prevent cancer: World Cancer Day February 4th.
On this day Feb 4th designated as world cancer day I request my readers to take a pledge and change their lifestyle which can help them against cancer.
Cancer Staging a Brief Guide
The most important question that a cancer patient and his care giver want to know is “What is the stage of cancer I have?” Basically a patient wants to know whether he’s disease is curable or not and he tries to correlate with the stage of the disease. For the benefit of the patient I […]
Emotional outcomes after cancer diagnosis: ways to overcome it….
When a patient is diagnosed with cancer not only the patient but also the family members and the care givers pass through a life changing experience. The different reasons for these changes include
Tobacco causes cancer: Stop using tobacco and prevent cancer
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.
Diagnosis of Cancer “Few important things to know”
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.