Pune Breast Care

A patient diagnosed with cancer in India has easy access to multiple opinions. There is often more than one approach to treating the same cancer, even in ext...

You can picture them seated across your living room, some shuffling and nervous, others wanting to be solemn and serious. The party of well-wishers has arr...

She is accompanied by her adult children and their spouses. They have her wait outside the consultation room. They start, "She doesn't know she has cancer."...

I wouldn't be surprised to see more than the usual number of breast cancers, in October- after all its breast cancer awareness month & there's a lot of campa...

Its October and like every year, there’s going to be a lot of talk about breast cancer. It’s likely that each of you will come across something pink- a fundr...

If you've had breast cancer its likely that down the road, someone facing the diagnosis will ask you for advice. Its only kind to share your experience. Howe...

In early school years, my mother asked me what sport I'd like to take up. I said "Chess is a sport" and so she sent me to play tennis. Being a parent means m...

Corruption in medicine enters main-stream media every now and then. Like corruption in other walks of Indian life, it's not going away anytime soon, legislat...

1) What is a mammogram? A mammogram is a specialized radiograph (X-ray) of the breast. A mammography machine delivers a very low-dose X ray to the breast. In...

Recent updates from the AICR (American Institute for Cancer Research) suggest that even one drinking one drink a day can increase your risk of developing bre...

The days of wait between biopsy to surgery can be frustrating. Use this time to prepare yourself for the surgery. If you have been on chemotherapy before sur...

A breast cyst or a fibroadenoma are both very common and innocuous conditions of the breast. A woman may feel one of these as a lump, or it may be something...

I have enough compassion to help another in need, but it honestly wasn’t reason to study medicine or surgery. I am curious and adventurous, I love power and ...

Here's a typical story of metastatic disease. A woman gets diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Investigations reveal that the tumor has spread to multiple...

A cancer patient hears a lot of “Everything’s going to be fine…don’t worry” The reaction is a reflex. "Don't worry" is intentioned to bring hope and comfo...

​ ​Social media platforms are a great way to improve health awareness. However most circulating messages and emails, contain information that has not been re...

There’s an expected a sense of relief after completion of cancer treatments. You’ve fought and you’ve endured. It’s been a few months of intense physical and...

​Genetic Testing for breast cancer in India was heretofore limited the high cost of patented tests, need to ship samples overseas and social stigma towards g...