Any new technology is accepted only with resistance. The same has happened to robotic & laparoscopy for cancer. Though it is proven to be equal it will take years before capacity building is complete. #robotic #cancers #drsandeepnayak #surgery #oncology #health
The way we look at cancer treatment is changing. Very Soon a day will come when the chemotherapy and immunotherapy will become customized to an individual at all centers. We are already doing it for many centers today.
Did You Know That One Bottle of Wine Equals 5-10 Cigarettes Weekly? Well that is what a new research says!
Many traditional open surgeries for cancer management can now be performed using a minimally invasive approach. For patients, this means that they have almost no incision and much faster recovery time. The goal is to treat cancer with the same aggressive approach but to do this in a way that gets patients back to their…
A good dietary habit is key to staying healthy and longevity. This article discusses a recent study on dietary factors that could shorten your lifespan.
The present evidence is not supporting this! However, a new study published in a promianat medical journal suggests that a higher frequency of eating organic food was associated with a reduced risk for cancer (JAMA Internal Medicine) (1). This means that promoting organic food consumption in the general population could be a promising preventive strategy…
It is not uncommon for patients to tell me that they didn’t have any symptoms and so they didn’t show a doctor! It has also unfortunately happened that many non-oncology doctors don’t know that cancer does not cause pain or any such symptoms till later in the course. I have seen doctors asking if there…
Tobacco causes cancers becasue of the chemicals it contains.
Cancer that is detected early can be cured. There are 3 key startergies to this that are described in this article.
Lung cancer can be successfully detected by annual low dose CT scan. If detected early, surgery would be possible and the chances of cure are high.