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Mahatma Gandhi Road, Thakurpukur, Kolkata - 700063

Helpline No.:
+91 90070 87270 / 98312 16575

Mahatma Gandhi Road, Thakurpukur, Kolkata - 700063

Helpline No.:
+91 90070 87270 / 98306 35065

21Sep

Cancer Not an End to Life: Cancer Survivors’ Stories Will Inspire You to Fight Back & Live

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“You have cancer”. You are sitting before an eminent oncologist at the best cancer treatment hospital in Kolkata. The oncologists are busy discussing among themselves to decide the best course of treatment. However, you are oblivion to what they say. The word ‘cancer’ has hit you so hard that you feel like being deaf and […]

15Sep

Liquid Biopsy – The Promise It Holds for Cancer Diagnosis and Prognosis

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The term ‘Liquid Biopsy’ has got considerable attention in medical science over the last few years. Projected as a revolutionary tool, liquid biopsy has become one of the most talked-about aspects of both cancer diagnosis and prognosis. It goes without saying that liquid biopsy has stirred optimism among the oncologists at the best cancer hospital […]

06Sep

Super Foods Prevent Cancer? Truth or Myth?

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A bowl of colours – fruits and vegetables – is an open secret to stay healthy and energetic. These are yummy, tummy-filling and comforting. And then you see your friends digging deep into burger. ‘Tempting’! You may feel like having bites of it but you resist your craving coz deep in your mind, you know […]

23Aug

Radiation Therapy, Its Types & Effectiveness

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Radiation therapy is a type of cancer treatment that seeks to shrink or destroy malignant tumours or cells with help of a powerful beam. Though at the core, the therapy involves using radiation, the working mechanism makes a particular radiation therapy more effective than others. Radiation therapy is mainly categorized into two types – External […]

18Aug

Palliative Care: Difference from Hospice Care and Importance for Cancer Patients

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Palliative care and hospice care, often believed to be synonymous, which they are definitely not, ensure the kind of medically approved care and comfort that patients need if they are in serious conditions or their sunset years. Understanding the differences between the two is important for caregivers, patients and family members to ensure the right […]

25Jul

What are the Differences between Cirrhosis and Liver Cancer?

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Both cirrhosis and liver cancer are serious ailments in mainly alcoholic individuals though these may affect non-alcoholic persons as well. Both diseases produce almost similar symptoms though they are not same. Therefore, it is important to know differences between them from a clinical viewpoint as well as for the patients as well. Both are bad […]

21Jul

Alcohol and Cancer – How Are They Closely Related?

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Alcohol is not good for health – we know it well. But it may sound a stretchable imagination that alcohol use causes cancer, isn’t it? Unfortunately, it is an established fact. Just like tobacco use, alcohol consumption causes serious damages to health and even may trigger healthy cells to turn malignant. Surely, it does not […]

15Jul

Vaginal Cancer: Symptoms, Causes, Risk Factors, Types and Prevention

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Vaginal cancer is the cancer of vagina. Vagina is the muscular tube connecting the uterus to outer genitals in women. Hence, vaginal cancer is a women-centric disease. Vaginal cancer occurs when the cells lining the surface of vagina, also known as the birth canal, register an abnormal growth and uncontrolled cell division. Several types of […]

27Jun

What to Expect after an Endometrial Biopsy?

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Has your gynaecologist suggested an endometrial biopsy for you? This test is done to either confirm or rule out endometrial cancer, commonly known as uterine cancer. If a doctor suspects uterine cancer after physical examination or reviewing the report of an imaging test such as, transvaginal ultrasound or TVS, he/she may advise further medical investigation […]

22Jun

Understanding Cervical Cancer

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Cervical cancer starts in the cells of cervix, which is the lower part of the uterus connected to the vagina. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in Indian women, only next to breast cancer. It is one of the deadliest cancers in women. In India, cervical cancer affects rural women more than it […]