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 […]
By 2025, the annual incidence of breast cancer in our country is likely to get to 2.25 lacs/ year. The percentage of advanced breast cancer is still an alarming 60-70%. We have to keep the conversations going, with women and men alike, to up the awareness level and detect breast cancers early. At this unique […]
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. […]
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 […]
Five Minutes of Inspiration When I finished surgical training and started my career in Oncology (which was purely by chance), I was not sure, if this is where I wanted to be. Oncology grew on me and I subspecialized in Breast Cancer… and surely, this did not dawn on me, suddenly. I was truly inspired… […]
A super exciting Sunday morning with a blitz of pink, this time, with Women bikers and Breast Cancer Champions and Caregivers donning pink jackets and absorbing the calm of the morning interrupted by the powerful Vroom! Vroom! of their mean machines. Flagged off by the 94 years old international athlete, Bhagwani Devi, along with Dr. […]
Teej Celebrations at Max Hospital Patparganj….this is where the Breast Support Group blossomed 8 years ago and gave wings to the aspirations of many of these courageous Champions. COVID kept us away from each other for the longest that we have stayed apart but now it was time to come together to celebrate yet again, […]
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 […]
My young colleague’s husband has started his career as a Surgical Oncologist and has started feeling the pressure of external ‘expectations’ His idealism is intact and he wants to offer his services with utmost integrity, empathy and skill. However, the world of touts and middlemen, take it upon themselves to paint a bleak future for […]
We have been waiting for this day for almost two years. Breast Support Group meetings used to happen every month before COVID struck and since then, we had no choice but to migrate to the Zoom mode. We adapted well but nothing like an -in-& person meeting. The Champions came back to enliven our space […]
