Having dense breasts is one of the risk factors for breast cancer in women. Dense breast is a natural development and commonly found in 50 per cent of women aged 40 and older. “If you have dense breasts, there is almost nothing you can do about it. You are born with the feature and it’s […]
A decade-long study at the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai shows that cancer prevention and recurrence need not to be expensive always. The researchers have come up with a low-cost invention that could reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence by 30 per cent. The study was titled ‘Effect of Peri-Tumoral Infiltration of Local Anaesthetic Prior […]
Some studies claim that taking birth control pills for a long time increases the risk for breast cancer. Taking contraceptive pills is the best and simplest mechanism to prevent pregnancy. You may be wondering how these pills could increase your breast cancer risk. Birth control pills have estrogen and progesterone, two most prominent female hormones, […]
The fear about cancer is not unjustified. The deadliest, the most feared and ‘The Emperor of All Maladies” – these perfectly sum up the disease. We often talk about how we can safeguard ourselves against many diseases. In other words, we can prevent many diseases and stay healthy by following a simple ‘health and care’ […]
It’s typical of the patients to feel overwhelmed after a cancer diagnosis. Apart from processing the news, they have some crucial decisions to make. Will it be a waste of time if I seek a second opinion? Which treatment should I go with? Which treatment is likely to give me the best positive outcome? If […]
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