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- November 29, 2022
Know More About Radiation Therapy For Breast Cancer
Know More About Radiation Therapy For Breast Cancer October is observed to be a breast cancer awareness month. Among Indian females, breast cancer is the most commonly detected cancer with age adjusted rate as high as 25.8 per 100,000 women and a mortality of 12.7 per 100,000 women. The overall survival rate for breast cancer
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- September 10, 2022
Gynecological Cancers: Are we at risk?
Gynecological Cancers: Are we at risk? Cancer is a significant public health concern in India with over 8,00,000 new cases of cancer every year in India. According to data from population based registries, 50 – 60% of all cancers in women occur in 4 organs: cervix, breast, ovaries and uterus. Also more than 80% of
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- September 5, 2022
Leukemia
Leukaemia is a type of life-threatening blood cancer that needs early diagnosis and treatment. Below is a short case profile to better understand the disease. A nineteen-year-old girl was brought to our casualty at Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai, in early December 2020 by her parents with complaints that the girl has been having severe joint
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- August 28, 2022
What is a Panic Attack? How to control it?
What is a Panic Attack? How to control it? Panic attack is a sudden episode of intense anxiety with fear and physical manifestations due to perception of threat or negative outcomes. There can be varied causes for panic attack such as recent major life stressors, a past history of traumatic experience, major changes in life
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- August 27, 2022
Life Beyond Childhood Cancer
Life Beyond Childhood Cancer Living beyond Pediatric Cancers is not a myth. With advances in the field of pediatric cancers, survival has increased to 80%. Today more than 5,00,000 childhood cancer survivors are there in developed nations. There is an unmet need for a good survivorship program which starts typically when a child is in
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- Apollo Hospital Mumbai
- August 13, 2022
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology
Pediatric Hematology & Oncology Pediatric hematology and oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of children with broad array of blood disorders including both cancerous and non-cancerous conditions. Blood disorders are common in children. They can affect the child’s quality-of-life and also can be life-threatening. What are pediatric blood
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- Apollo Hospital Mumbai
- August 6, 2022
Sickle Cell Anemia
Sickle Cell Anemia What is sickle cell anemia? Sickle cell anemia is a condition that affects the structure of red blood cells. Normal red blood cells are spherical, however in sickle cell anemia, haemoglobin becomes faulty, causing red blood cells to shift their form. Some red blood cells have sickle or crescent moon shapes. These
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- Apollo Hospital Mumbai
- August 6, 2022
Bone Marrow Transplantation for Children
Bone Marrow Transplantation for Children A bone marrow transplant (BMT) is a procedure to replace a child’s diseased bone marrow with healthy bone marrow by transfusing haematopoietic stem cells. In children, bone marrow transplant is used for the treatment of malignant as well as non-malignant disorders. What is bone marrow? Bone marrow is a soft
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- Apollo Hospital Mumbai
- July 20, 2022
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Heart Valve Diseases
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Heart Valve Diseases Heart valve diseases has proved one of the fastest moving areas in heart medicine over years, with exciting advances in all aspects, especially diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. What is heart valve disease? Heart valves are crucial for normal functioning of the heart. There are four heart
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- July 16, 2022
Head and Neck Cancer
Head and neck cancers are cancers that begin in the tissues and organs of the head and neck. As per GLOBOCAN 2020, 2,52,772 cases per annum in India (melanoma of skin and lymphoma excluded) are head and neck cancers. Incidence of tobacco use is more in men compared to women as per Global Adult Tobacco
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World Stroke Day: Raising Awareness and Saving Lives
- October 22, 2024
Robotic Surgery in Gynecology: A Revolution in Women’s Health
- October 22, 2024
Robotic Surgery in General Surgery
- October 22, 2024
Pediatric Neurosurgery: Complexities of Brain Tumors in Children
- October 22, 2024
LGBTQ+ and Cancer: Challenges and Support
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