Capitalizing Next Gen Sequencing to make cancer genome testing accessible, affordable
This blog will explore how NGS is deployed at Karkinos Healthcare to transform the cancer diagnostic landscape in the country and beyond.
Transformative Initiatives: Combating Cervical Cancer Among WLHIV in India’s Heartland
Women living with HIV (WLHIV) face a significantly elevated risk of developing cervical cancer compared to those not infected with HIV.
How did Karkinos Healthcare accomplish 100 radiation fractions in a single day?
Recently, on June 20th, at CIMS (Career Institute of Medical Sciences), located in Bhopal, Team Karkinos completed processing 100 fractions (100 patients treated) in a single day. This is considered to be a significant achievement.
Addressing the Health Needs of India’s Homeless: A Case Study
Addressing the healthcare needs of marginalized communities demands a multifaceted approach, one that encompasses both medical interventions and systemic reforms.
Onco-nurses – The embodiment of empathetic cancer care
Onco-nurses act as a bridge between patients and physicians. They would never draw a line in delivering their services at any point of time, considering the requirement of a multi-disciplinary approach in the treatment of cancer.
Health Matters: Your Right, Your Choice to Live!
It’s essential to recognise that health encompasses more than just our physical condition. It’s a complete ecosystem, comprising various dimensions that are in a way interconnected to each other.
Why is CAR T cell therapy seen as the future of cancer treatment?
CAR T cell therapy holds immense promise for the future of cancer treatment owing to a few advantages. This blog discusses those advantages that make CAR T cell therapy a promising treatment option for cancer.
Navigating the Healthcare Landscape: A Comprehensive Report on the Role of Health Insurance in Cancer Care
With rising healthcare costs and the growing prevalence of lifestyle diseases, adequate health insurance coverage is no longer just desirable, it’s essential. This white paper explains the problem statement related to health insurance for cancer care substantiating it with the cost advantages.
Antimicrobial Resistance: The Global Crisis and Its Impact on Cancer Care
Addressing the escalating threat of AMR is crucial. Despite the launch of a global action plan19, the challenge persists due to varying levels of adoption by countries.
Her Voice Matters – Building a More Inclusive Cancer Care System with Women
In the spirit of International Women’s Day 2024, this blog delves into the critical role of inclusivity of women in cancer care, as seen through the eyes of our inspiring women leaders and doctors at Karkinos Healthcare.
FAQs on Gallbladder Cancer
India has one of the highest incidence of GB cancer, an otherwise rare cancer elsewhere in the world. It is estimated that India contributes to ~10% of the global GBC burden. Read this blog to know more about this cancer and on how genomics can help in prevention of GBC.
Democratising cancer prevention with germline testing
Genomics, the study of an individual’s genes and their interactions, play a pivotal role in identifying and understanding hereditary cancer risks. This article explores the benefits of genetic testing and how it is important in cancer prevention.
Understanding the Role of Genetics in Cancer Development
Genes and genetics play a major role in cancers. This blog will walk you through the A to Z of cancer genetics, genetic counselling and what role a genetic counsellor plays in simplifying the understanding of cancer.
Mitigating mental health concerns in cancer patients
This year’s World Cancer Day provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the mental health needs of cancer patients. Closing the care gap in cancer and mental health is a complex challenge, but one we must strive to overcome. This blog throws light on the ways to mitigate the concerns.
Can pre-emptive germline testing and genomics help resolve challenges in cervical cancer?
Evidence from across the world suggests around 10% of patients with cancer have a germline or hereditary genetic variant, which make them predisposed to developing cancer. Understanding the gene and variant could have implications in screening additional members in the family. Know more
Knocking cervical cancer out before it knocks in
Cervical cancer is largely preventable, especially when detected early through routine screenings. Cases of cervical cancer are notably rare among women who consistently receive negative screening results. This blog explores the preventive methods in keeping cervical cancer at bay.
Unveiling Solutions: PMJAY’s Wellness Power in Cervical Cancer Awareness
This blog brings forth the call to action in the face of cervical cancer, emphasizing the vital role of awareness, support, and the pressing need for preventive measures in the fabric of India’s healthcare narrative.
Cervical cancer: What are the 4 major warning signs?
Cervical Cancer is one of the most preventable cancers of women. Sometimes we don’t pay attention to the early signs of HPV infection. This blog will walk you through knowing more about the virus and its effects and also the warning signs and its prevention.
Cervical cancer vaccination: Why is it absolutely necessary for young boys and girls?
It usually takes 10–20 years for cervical cancer to develop after HPV infection. So if one can prevent cancer causing HPV infection in the first place and cervical precancerous changes in the cervical cells, eventually, cervical cancer can be prevented. Since we know that cervical cancer is caused by HPV infection, vaccines have been developed to prevent major cancer causing HPVs such as HPV 16 and 18 in addition to others.
This 2024, let’s take small steps towards good health and prevent cancers
This blog serves as a short guideline to taking charge of your self-care and health routines to prevent major NCDs, especially cancer. So, here are some specific and achievable goals you might want to consider for your resolution.
Indian Cancer Congress 2023: Propels a shared vision for enhanced cancer care
At this marquee congress, Karkinos Healthcare established substantial participation by presenting key findings in the form of posters and papers, engagement in panel discussions, delivering knowledge-enhancing workshops, and exhibiting their novel services.
This blog presents views and opinions on the participation by a few of Karkinos Healthcare’s employees.
Ushering the era of Decentralised Oncology Clinical Trials in India
This article brings to fore the expertise of Karkinos Healthcare in providing Decentralised Clinical Trials (DCTs) services in bringing about novel approaches to cancer treatment. To know more about the compelling reasons for the emergence of DCTs in India and what makes the country a hotbed for global pharmaceutical companies to conduct DCTs, please subscribe to the full article at https://karkinos.in/clinicaltrials/.
Karkinos Healthcare-IVDP Collaborative Women’s Cancer Screening Initiative: A Comprehensive Report
With the optimum use of technology, we at Karkinos Healthcare and IVDP are confident that such targeted community cancer screening programmes will bring about a marked decrease in the cancer incidence and burden observed in India.
Pink Ribbon in my hand: Empowering the fight with strong defense strategies
The pink ribbon serves as a global symbol of breast cancer awareness, fostering a sense of unity and solidarity. It reminds us that every patient was once just a storyteller of suffering. Understanding the experiences of others increases the awareness of when to seek medical assistance.
Role of digital health in coordinating patient care in a hub-and-spoke hierarchy of cancer care facilities: A scoping review
This scoping review provides a comprehensive summary of the use of digital health in coordinating
cancer care via hub-and-spoke models.
Through a doctor’s lens: Advantages of Virtual Tumour Boards powered by the DCCN
This blog explains how a VTB can be leveraged to bring out the best treatment outcomes by doctors and how it benefit the patients at large.
It’s time India makes cancer screening and prevention a cultural practice
When carried out on a big scale, innovative cancer prevention and care programmes will ultimately bring about the necessary cultural shift in healthcare practices and move our nation closer to reducing cancer rates in the future.
Addressing inequities in cancer prevention services for women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh
Promoting cancer prevention among women prisoners in Madhya Pradesh was one of the pioneering cancer screening programmes that VCCF and Karkinos Healthcare had initiated upon. This blog is a walk through of the initiative.
The power of cancer risk assessment and community screening – A Jharkhand experience
The cancer screening programme was created to incorporate awareness and to use the programme to explain the benefits of group insurance products, ensuring that women felt reassured about the coverage of treatment costs if necessary. This was done in recognition of these misconceptions and their addiction to tobacco.
Karkinos Healthcare’s technology finds mention in US-India Cancer Moonshot Fact Sheet
As part of Johnson & Johnson Medical Device Companies, JJMI is partnering with Karkinos Healthcare, an end-to-end oncology-focused technology platform, to co-create comprehensive solutions to improve the cancer care workforce.
Multidisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Care Plan – Why is this important for long-term cancer care?
In cancer, survivorship focuses on the health and the life of a person with cancer post-treatment until the end of life. As the number of cancer survivors is growing, it emphasizes the demand for specialized needs of disease-free cancer survivors.
How can cancer survivors prevent other cancer patients from dropping out of treatment?
Cancer survivors who have been through the early cancer diagnosis and have experienced early-stage treatment procedures are the greatest patient advocates, who radiate a positive outlook to cancer fighters.
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.
