More Research Says Minimal Access Surgery is Better for Rectal Cancer
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...
Ultraprocessed Food Can Kill You!
They are tasty, but, they can kill in the long run! We have always been considering food to be cause of many illnesses that we get. The proof is emerging over the years. People who consume higher levels of ultraprocessed foods may be at increased risk for death,...
Cancer is a Silent Disease; Identify Before it Makes Noise.
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....
Why Tobacco Causes Cancer?
Tobacco is the most preventable cause of cancer. Number of years of research has shown a clear connection between the two. As per the predictions made by several experts, by the time we step into the year 2020, people in India are going to have a staggering record of...