Is Cancer Surgery Painful? Pain and Recovery Explained
Cancer surgery isn’t painful while it’s happening. You’re either fully asleep under general anaesthesia, or the area is numbed, so you don’t feel the operation. The real question is what comes afterwards. Some soreness is normal once the anaesthesia wears off, and...
Does Ayushman Bharat Cover Cancer Surgery in India?
Yes, for eligible families. Ayushman Bharat health insurance, formally the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), pays for cancer treatment at empanelled public and private hospitals across India. That includes surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and the...
Genetic Testing vs Tumour Profiling: What’s the Difference?
Genetic testing for cancer looks for gene changes you were born with, the inherited kind that can run in families. Tumour profiling, also called tumour genomic or biomarker testing, looks for changes that appeared inside the cancer cells after birth. Cancer genetic...
HIPEC Surgery in Bangalore for Gulf Patients: A Guide
Yes. Patients from the Gulf and other countries can have HIPEC with cytoreductive surgery (CRS) at MACS Clinic in Bangalore. The surgeon removes every tumour deposit visible inside the abdomen, then heated chemotherapy is circulated through the abdominal cavity to...