Hair donation: My gift to cheer cancer fighters
Unlike donating blood, there are no stringent requirements in donating one’s hair. So, I decided to donate my hair to Cope with Cancer.
National Health Authority appreciates Karkinos Healthcare’s significant contribution to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM)
Dr. Basant Garg, Mission Director of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission and Additional Chief Executive Officer, National Health Authority, in an official letter, appreciated the efforts contributed by Team Karkinos in building the nation’s digital health ecosystem.
Sustainable digital transformation in healthcare: The Golden Triangle Mantra
Cost, quality, and accessibility of healthcare services, which form the “golden triangle of healthcare” are the three interdependent and equally important factors essential for delivering high-quality healthcare services to individuals and communities. The golden triangle is a goal to be accomplished forever and one that can never be compromised.
She’s got everything it takes
On this year’s International Women’s Day, I urge everyone to Embrace Equity, give a woman a fair chance to live a quality life. It’s also important that women make a pledge to take proactive steps about self-care by consulting a doctor periodically for screening. Canceling cancer starts with you. Participate in this moonshot!
Demystifying cancer among rural women: A success story
On this year’s International Women’s Day, I would like to proudly admit that as a woman I feel honored to be in the position to empower women with the knowledge about cancer prevention and equally proud of all the women who have joined hands in support to fight cancer.
Benchmarking operational strategies to take cancer care closer to communities
With early cancer detection and prevention as a mission, Karkinos Healthcare is set to redefine cancer care by moving towards a more community-based approach. Operational strategies are planned to make this a possibility.
Gen Z: Spare a moment to talk about cancer
The youth can play an important role in cancer control. Here’s how…
Next gen diagnostics – On the horizon of new efficiencies in cancer care
The practice of Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is the new buzz word in oncology practice. Regarded as the next horizon in cancer diagnostics, Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is gaining importance as it allows for a comprehensive analysis of an individual’s tumor DNA, providing insights into the specific genetic changes driving the tumor and informing treatment options.
Early detection and treatment of cervical precancerous changes can prevent cancer
Cancer is preceded by precancerous changes in the cervix that remain for several years before becoming cancer and these changes can be readily detectable by screening and effectively treatable.
Karkinos Platform: Integrating Fragmented Cancer Care Continuum
In the course of powering the Distributed Cancer Care Network, Karkinos Platform gathers data that will be incrementally refreshed as patients continue their healthcare journey and as more data is added to their longitudinal medical record.
Karkinos Healthcare and Geri Care join hands towards comprehensive cancer care services in Chennai
This strategic partnership will lay the groundwork for systematic screening for common cancers in Chennai.
Building Bridges in Cancerscape
More than being mere passive subscribers of data that is already available in public domains and scientific literature, treating clinicians should actively use their position to participate in the building of knowledge of cancer.
Why Does a Second Opinion Matter in Cancer Treatment?
As the new-age healthcare delivery shifts from a physician-centered care to a patient-centered care model, second opinion or expert opinion is currently viewed as a smart approach to taking control of one’s care pathway.
Why is Colon Cancer commonly reported in the advanced stage?
Colon cancer is commonly reported in an advanced stage because it is not usually detected until it has grown and spread to other parts of the body.
Re-imagining cancer care — Developing a self-sustainable model to offer high quality cancer care
Karkinos Healthcare has an early mover advantage in self-sustainable cancer care and offers a unique value proposition backed by over three hundred years of combined clinical expertise.
Aiming for a technology-led cancer moonshot and groundshot in India
Through its idealistic, yet perfectly achievable goal of distributed cancer care, using technology, Karkinos Healthcare is laying the foundations for a cancer groundshot and moonshot in the rural and urban landscapes across India.
Strategies to reduce breast cancer burden in India: Prevention and early diagnosis hold the key
The fact that 178,500 new breast cancer cases occur and 90,500 women die of it every year underscores the urgent need for reducing breast cancer burden in India.
How can women guard themselves against breast cancer?
Dr. Atamjot K Grewal shares with us her experience of being early diagnosed with breast cancer, overcoming it successfully, and being actively involved in setting-up facilities to aid in Early Cancer Detection.
From Early Cancer Detection to Advanced Diagnosis – A Project at Pallivasal, Kerala
The uniqueness of this program is that citizens were ensured of an end-to-end service by Karkinos Healthcare. At no point was the citizen made to drop out of the programme. The staff and volunteers of Karkinos and the Panchayat strived to ensure that high risk citizens, identified in the early detection camp, were guided appropriately to the next step towards cancer care.
Physics — the crux to finding new cancer therapies
Successful integration of approaches from mathematics, physics, and engineering with cancer biology may be our best hope to understand complex systems of cancer and to develop effective strategies for cancer treatment.
Oral Cancer: An oncologist’s report from Varanasi
In Varanasi, as per PBCR’s data, oral cavity is the leading cancer site in males accounting for approximately 40% of all cancers while in females it accounts for 6%, with breast being the most common site (26%).
Molecular targeted therapy: Bringing specificity to cancer treatment
Molecular profiling has a strong influence on every aspect of cancer care including detection, diagnosis, staging and therapy response assessment. Recent advances in the understanding of cancer biology have prompted the introduction of new targeted therapy approaches.
Bioinformatics – bridging lab and clinic for personalized medicine
Bioinformatics is a requisite in the molecular understanding of cancer causing genes and Karkinos Healthcare is keen on delivering personalized medicine and personal care in cancer treatment by leveraging bioinformatics.
IIT Guwahati inks MoU with Karkinos; establishes Centre for Advanced Research on Diagnostics in Cancer
The primary aim of this center is to work on research related to advanced and affordable diagnostics solutions for non-communicable diseases, primarily cancer for patients from across the nation.
Karkinos Healthcare’s Application Suite integrated in ABDM to achieve Preventive and Promotive healthcare in India
Karkinos Healthcare was among the additional 12 health service applications that recently completed their integration in the ABDM Sandbox Environment. After a successful demonstration, Karkinos’ Application Suite was approved to be added to the ABDM Partners Ecosystem.
Karkinos Healthcare forays into West Bengal to enable better access to cancer care
Karkinos Healthacre will strive to improve the cancer care access and delivery in the state and make a significant impact to the quality of lives of people of West Bengal.
Why a low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) is not always feasible in lung cancer early detection?
On this World Lung Cancer Day, August 1st, 2022, it is important for the stakeholders of the Indian healthcare industry to revisit the interventions in screening for lung cancer to bring about early detection and screening to reduce the increasing mortality.
Addressing accessibility and affordability in cancer care with a distributed approach
Karkinos Healthcare is setting up a Distributed Cancer Care Network (DCCN) of service providers across the country to build capacity at scale and take cancer care closer to the population.
Digital Inequalities in Cancer Care Delivery in India: An Overview of the Current Landscape and Recommendations for Large-Scale Adoption
This paper evaluates the challenges in the adoption of digital technologies to deliver cancer care services and provides recommendation for large-scale adoption in the Indian healthcare context.
Interoperability – The core tool to execute Karkinos Healthcare’s democratized cancer care
Interoperability is core to the Karkinos’ cancer care network. Why and how is what I have discussed in detail in this blog and will be delving more on the advantages of interoperability in the forthcoming ones.
Championing the battle against cancer
Worldwide, the entire month of June is dedicated to honoring cancer survivors. In most cancer survivors, the disease leaves a sense of responsibility, i.e., to raise awareness about cancer as a preventable disease.
Karkinos Healthcare establishes India’s first oncology laboratory for comprehensive cancer diagnostic services
The diagnostic centers will leverage capabilities and spearhead the cancer care delivery with robust, evidence-based and data-supported protocols bringing in a generational shift in the way cancer care is delivered in India.
C2i Genomics and Karkinos Healthcare Partner to Bring AI-Powered Cancer Detection and Monitoring to India
C2i Genomics expands its global reach and brings the first whole-genome sequencing minimal residual disease test to India
A habit that can cost a life as well as the planet – Say no to tobacco, today
India is the second largest consumer of tobacco globally, and accounts for approximately one-sixth of the world′s tobacco-related deaths. The only way to reduce mortality is to create an impregnating constant awareness among people to stop consumption of tobacco and save themselves from cancer.
Dr. Jawed Akhtar goes live with RJ Jimmy on Kolkata’s 91.9 Friends FM to raise awareness on cancer
From talking about the genesis of Karkinos Healthcare to raising awareness on the need for every common person to take up a general cancer screening test for prevention of the deadly disease…
Karkinos Healthcare, Divya Reddy Foundation organize exclusive cancer screening program for Cyberabad police women
Police women, participating in the screening program, had access to scientifically advanced cancer diagnostics including the Gold Standard HPV test.
Ovarian Cancer – Look out for these symptoms, Stay aware
Persistent pain in the lower abdomen, irregular periods? May be it is not gastritis. It could be more. Stay aware about ovarian cancer.
Significance of tech-led Patient Reported Outcomes – The way forward in participatory healthcare
While participatory healthcare is very important and is gaining momentum, patients have to be active players in their own health journey and hence in this context PROs become absolutely important.
Technology intervention improvises screening efficacy of Head and Neck cancers
Early cancer detection saves lives. And to early detect cancer, these days digital technology has been extensively used. Right from Point of Care (PoC) devices to designing data-backed personalized treatment protocols to telemedicine, technology is helping bridge several gaps in delivering quality care.
How do nonsmokers develop lung cancer? Is air pollution the cause?
As the World Health Day offers a global opportunity to capture attention to the critical public health issues, Karkinos Healthcare is creating awareness on lung cancer primarily caused by environmental factors and explain how nonsmokers develop lung cancer owing to air pollution.
Understanding Colorectal Cancer, its prevention and treatment
Unlike most cancers, Colorectal Cancer is mostly preventable on screening and is highly treatable, but only when detected early. Hence, it is necessary for the general public to be aware of the early warning signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer and contact the concerned specialist for early detection of cancerous or pre-cancerous conditions for timely surgical interventions and for better prognosis.
Cancel Cancer: Assisting women to make informed decisions
It is important to empower the woman with knowledge on the right approach to health and wellness. Educating women on preventing life-threatening diseases like cancer is critical to accomplish goals focused on women’s health and in breaking the biases.
A pledge to stop the spread of cancer-causing Human Papillomavirus
It is the 4th of March –– the INTERNATIONAL HPV AWARENESS DAY. On this day organizations like Karkinos Healthcare create awareness on the dangers of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that causes cervical cancer and the importance of vaccination.