Pregnancy and cancer: A challenge for obstetrician and oncologist!As the age of child birth is delayed we may be seeing more cases with cancer in pregnancy.At present estimated incidence of cancer in pregnancy is estimated to be around 1 in 1000

Maintenance with PARP inhibitor is the way forward in ovarian cancer:Median PFS in platinum sensitive relapse carcinoma ovary is approximately 10 months.20% of high grade serous carcinoma ovary have somatic or germline mutation in BRCA gene.Sin

Redefining low grade glioma ( a type of brain tumor ) using WHO 2016 classification:Clinical presentation of low grade glioma is usually with new onset seizureRadiologically low grade glioma are hyperintense on T2 MRI images and do not show contr

Is it possible to avoid chemotherapy in Breast Cancer?Breast cancer is a heterogeneous disease.This heterogeneity was initially assessed by clinical factors comprising of age, stage, grade, hormone-her2nu status and presence or absence of lymphov

Decoding Lynch syndrome -- Colorectal cancer(CRC)Lynch syndrome is the most common cause of inherited Colorectal cancer (CRC-large intestine cancer). It constitutes 3% of all newly diagnosed colorectal cancer burden.In lynch syndrome there is ger

IMMUNOTHERAPY IN LUNG CANCER- THE FUTURE OF CANCER CARE.Any cancer and lung cancer in particular creates a highly immunosuppressive environment locally i.e. our bodies immune cells are unable to recognize cancer cells.This is made possible by exp

What are common symptoms of cancer?For head and neck cancers non healing oral ulcers and lump in neck can be a symptom of cancer.Food pipe cancer presents with complaints of difficulty in swallowing solids and liquids.Large intestine cancer can pr

Head and neck cancer- awareness article in Hindustan times