India is the second largest consumer of tobacco globally, and accounts for approximately one-sixth of the worldā²s 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.
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.
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.
Oncology focused startup Karkinos Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. and premier educational institution Nirmala College of Arts and Science, Mulanthuruthy, Kerala, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to take cancer prevention and care closer to the citizens.
The joint initiative will provide access to potentially life-saving Cancer Screening facilities to those belonging to economically backward categories, as they are the ones who need such facilities the most, due to a lack of awareness and funds for such tests.
As part of this tie-up called āLight it Pinkā 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.
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.
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.
This strategic collaboration will enable continued innovation in cancer care with the goal of transforming cancer care in India and abroad.
Together, Karkinos Healthcare and GenWorks will provide primary screening through HPV DNA tests, and confirmatory diagnoses through colposcopy at the clinics and hospitals of the partner gynecologists.
Karkinos Healthcare has laid down its primary goal to shift the focus of cancer care towards the left side of the spectrum, i.e., early detection and infuse a behavioral shift among citizens in their attitude from illness to wellness.
By Dr. Moni Abraham Kuriakose – Medical Director, Karkinos Healthcare & CEO, Karkinos Healthcare, Kerala
The core objective of Karkinos Healthcare is to create an up-to-date dynamic knowledge base and curate that knowledge to distribute, democratize, and integrate…
By Dr. R. Sankaranarayanan ā Director, Preventive Oncology, Karkinos Healthcare
Cancer ā the Emperor of all Maladies ā 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.
Karkinos Healthcare (KH) desires to build an end-to-end technology driven oncology focused managed healthcare platform where almost no person is deprived of care either by lack of access or affordability.
