How Do BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations Cause Breast Cancer?
A mutation in the BRCA gene, specifically BRCA1 or BRCA2, significantly increases a woman’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. Read this blog to know more.
HER2 and its strong link to aggressive breast cancer
HER2 is a molecule that significantly influences the behaviour of certain types of breast cancer. Understanding HER2 helps explain why some tumours grow rapidly and exhibit aggressive characteristics.
What is hormone receptor testing, and why is it important for making treatment decisions?
Hormone receptor testing determines whether breast cancer cells express Estrogen Receptor and Progesterone Receptor, helping identify tumors that depend on hormonal signaling for growth. This information is critical as it plays a central role in guiding treatment decisions and prognosis.
Oestrogen and Progesterone: The Powerful Women Health Regulators
Hormones are the body’s chemical messengers. In women, oestrogen and progesterone are among the most influential of these messengers.
From a Radiologist’s Lens: Diagnosing Breast Cancer Using Imaging Tests
Imaging technology has progressed far beyond the surgeon’s knife, offering ever greater precision in detailing the size, location and spread of breast cancer. Read more to know the latest imaging tests.
What Do Pathologists Look For to Confirm Breast Cancer?
This blog explores in greater depth how pathologists dedicate their minds, hearts, and souls to ensuring accurate breast cancer diagnosis.
A Guide To Breast Biopsy: How It Determines A Personalised Treatment
This article guides you through why a biopsy is essential, what to expect during the procedure, and how the results directly shape a treatment plan tailored to your unique biology.
Say No to Alcohol and Tobacco, Prevent Breast Cancer
In recent years, the westernisation of urban societies in India has led to an increase in smoking and drinking among young women. However, many do not realise that these habits come with a hidden cost: a significantly higher risk of breast cancer.
Breast Health and Anatomy – An informative guide for Indian Women
This blog offers a foundational overview of breast anatomy and physiology, with a focus on features relevant to the average Indian woman.
We Women Over Me Woman: Emphasising Give to Gain
This International Women’s Day 2026, we embrace the theme “Give to Gain.” By empowering women with the right knowledge about health and wellbeing, we foster a healthier society. When a woman invests her time in understanding cancer prevention, she not only gains years for herself but also contributes those valuable years back to her entire community.
DIY Breast Self-Examination (BSE) Step-Wise Guide
Regular Do It Yourself (DIY) Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is a powerful and simple way to detect possible breast cancer at its earliest stage. Women, especially those with a family history of cancer, must make it a point to perform these checks regularly.
Why is Triple Negative Breast Cancer hard to detect & treat?
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Karkinos Healthcare is investing significant efforts to raise awareness of specific types of breast cancer. This article will delve into the risk factors, symptoms, genetic screening, and treatment modalities of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer.
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.
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.
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, 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.
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.
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).…
Transitioning from Reactive to Proactive cancer care based on robust, evidence-based histopathology diagnosis
Karkinos Healthcare, being a technology-driven comprehensive cancer care company, will bring about a generational shift in the minds of Indian citizens towards cancer as a disease. The importance of early detection will be seeded in the minds of a common man and the value of screening and prevention will be prioritized.
VS Hospitals and Karkinos Healthcare join hands in fight against breast cancer
As part of this tie-up called ‘Light it Pink’ and to mark October as the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Ripon Building, the iconic structure of Chennai Corporation, was lit up in pink on 31st October 2021.
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.
Karkinos Healthcare’s two-pillared approach to cancer prevention and care
By Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan – Director, Preventive Oncology, Karkinos Healthcare
Cancer ― the Emperor of all Maladies ― is one of the greatest health challenges to mankind and is one of the leading causes of death across the globe. I have personally seen the disease to devastate families and to drag people to extreme poverty.