Award Acceptance Speech This is a most cherished award- an award for pursuing research, which can be tough in the private sector with several competing demands on your time. There were many who believed I could and I am really grateful to each one who pushed me, stood by me and supported me, selflessly. […]
Champions Farmhouse Event Sunday dawned bright and sunny yet pleasant as the Champions trooped to a beautiful farmhouse at Chattarpur to have a fabulous time in each other’s company. FUN was the buzzword… Singing and dancing, Cricket, Kite flying, block building, painting or just basking in the sun! Thank you Manisha Kumar, Sushila Kasana Jainer, […]
Two days of the weekend, two different venues in Kerala, two vastly different areas of breast cancer management, each contributing significantly to the whole. 1. 11.8.2023-Rehabilitation after breast cancer.:Invited by Malabar Cancer Care Society (MCCS) to initiate the setting up of a Lymphedema Clinic through this well attended workshop. My colleague,Dr smriti neha, Lymphedema Specialist […]
Yesterday we got off to a rollicking start with about 100 champions turning up for the first in-person Breast Support group meeting at Max Vaishali, hosted by Max Institute of Cancer Care in association with Bliss Foundation, post-COVID. A big thank you to Dr. Gaurav Aggarwal for supporting this initiative and formally launching the Volunteer […]
In this episode of Max Healthcare’s “Stories of Courage” podcast, we share the powerful story of Mrs. Babita Rawat, a music teacher and Breast Cancer survivor who faced a difficult diagnosis while expecting her baby. She made the brave decision to deliver her baby prematurely and began her battle against cancer with the support of […]
Physical activity is known to reduce the risk of breast cancer by almost 35-40% in a Norwegian study and outcomes are better after breast cancer in those women who exercise regularly!! Happy to have been part of a run in the wee hours of 15th Oct 2022, where Max Hospital, Patparganj teamed up with DLF […]
I am often asked why does breast cancer happen? And the only honest answer I come up with is ‘I don’t know. There are risk factors but there is no absolute association of breast cancer with these risk factors! Not a very confidence inspiring answer but that is the reality. The truth is that in […]
Six years ago, I underwent surgery for my spine. Before it materialised, I had lived with pain for almost 16 months. The pain would come on every time I got up from bed or from a chair and it would be only after a few deep breaths that I could walk. If I wanted to […]
It is not unusual to see patients visiting their gynaecologists/obstetricians with a breast complaint before they are guided to a breast surgeon or specialist. While Germany is one of the very few countries where gynaecologists deal with breast diseases as well as gynaecological diseases, breast diseases are treated by surgeons in India. Breast cancer needs […]
SURGERY FOR BREAST CANCER IS NOT ABOUT REMOVING BREASTS, ALWAYS… When 32-year-old Neena, an HR consultant in an MNC, walked into my clinic, accompanied by her husband and parents, I could sense an air of hopelessness surrounding this good looking young lady. The papers that were laid in front of me carried a needle biopsy […]
