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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gen Z: Spare a moment to talk about cancer
The youth can play an important role in cancer control. Here’s how…
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Impact of Covid-19 on Cancer Care – Where Karkinos Healthcare makes a difference
While the Covid-19 pandemic continues to stress hospital systems, Karkinos Healthcare’s proprietary distributed cancer care network envisages the use of digital technology and resource distribution to provide highest quality care closest to the patient’s home.
KareMitras – Karkinos’ relentless care navigators by your side
Karkinos Healthcare’s KareMitras are responsible to ensure that the barriers between the health system and the patient are eliminated or reduced to improve access to care.
Cervix cancer elimination: Time to scale up awareness, screening and vaccination
Cervical cancer is an eminently preventable disease and amenable for elimination, provided women are vaccinated against HPV infection and screened regularly.
Tailoring cancer treatment plans early on with the strengths of Palliative Care protocols
The purpose of palliative care is to relieve the patient from suffering and improve the Quality of Life for both patients and families throughout the illness experience, not just at the end of life.
Not all lumps found in the breast are cancerous
Noticed a lump in your breast? Don’t worry! It may not be cancerous. It is important to understand that most breast lumps are not cancerous. A lump may be malignant (cancerous) or precancerous, but there are several types of breast lumps that are benign (noncancerous).…
Breast Cancer: Can we make a difference?
Friends, this is breast cancer awareness month and this is part 1 of the 3-part series of articles I decided to write for the benefit of team Karkinos, nonmedical colleagues, and friends. Education, they say, starts at home as we expand our horizons to go to the world. Part 2 deals with the changing spectrum in breast cancer and Part 3 – the challenges in breast cancer and overcoming them.
Changing spectrum in breast cancer
New treatment interventions and progress in understanding the biology of cancer truly changed the overall prognosis and survival indices in breast cancer.
Overcoming challenges in breast cancer diagnosis
We as a community need to work together and not just brace it but contribute to the dawn of new innovative and creative thoughts to cancel and checkmate cancer and overcome the challenges for a better tomorrow.
Future of Second Opinion in Cancer Care – Digitally coordinated patient and physician initiated model
Getting a second opinion helps to recognize available choices and make an educated decision on what is right for the patient. Given this veracity, variety and ever evolving treatment options, patients have the right to ask for a second opinion from experts.
