Magnitude of the Problem Breast cancer is the commonest cancer in urban Indian females and the second commonest in the rural Indian women.The numerous myths and ignorance that prevail in the Indian society result in an unrealistic fear of the disease. It is hardly surprising that the majority of breast cancer patients in India are
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Knowing very well, the trauma of patients and their families, who have failed to find a fully HLA matched donor, for Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT), Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre, pioneered a comprehensive Haploidentical [half matched family donors (Parents/ children / sibling)] BMT. This program was started with the right mix of experience, expertise
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Definition Bone cancer is an uncommon cancer that develops in the bones, most commonly in the long bones that make up arms and legs. There are several types of bone cancer such as Osteosarcoma and Chondrosarcoma. Some bone cancers occur mostly in children while others are found more commonly in adults. As such there’re no
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Definition Lung Cancer is a common cancer type and develops in our lungs. The lung cells stop following the natural pattern and begin to grow and divide quite unnaturally. This leads to the formation of a solid mass which we call Tumours. Smoking, by far, is the leading cause of lung cancer. The earlier this
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