If you're sitting with a colon cancer diagnosis trying to figure out who should operate on you in...

D3 resection for colon cancer is the most thorough surgical approach to removing not just the...

TORS or Trans Oral Robotic Surgery is exactly what it sounds like except most people don't realise...

Survival rates for colon cancer in India vary significantly depending on what stage the cancer...

RABIT thyroid surgery is something Prof. Dr. Sandeep Nayak built himself right here in Bangalore...

Laparoscopic surgery is keyhole surgery and the name tells you most of what you need to know...

VATS surgery for lung cancer is video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and if you've ever wondered...

People hear rectal cancer and colon cancer and assume they're basically the same thing with a...

Recovery after robotic cancer surgery is honestly much faster than most people expect when they...

Laparoscopic cancer surgery is genuinely better for patients than open surgery in most cases...

Scarless cancer surgery gets the tumour out through the mouth, the armpit or the navel so the skin...

High iron doesn't mean cancer. Not automatically. Not even close to automatically. But...

No. They can't. Hemorrhoids do not cause cancer. Full stop. But that answer on its own misses the...

Metastatic cancer means the cancer left where it started. It found its way into the bloodstream or...

Weeks. Sometimes months. And almost always longer than patients expect when they walk out of...

There's no percentage. But there is a threshold. In postmenopausal women an endometrial thickness...

Not always. Fluid in the endometrial cavity is a finding that needs proper context before it means...

No. MRI does not cause cancer. Unlike CT scans or X-rays MRI uses magnetic fields and radio waves...

A Pancoast tumor which represents a rare lung cancer that resides at the top of the lung shows...

Most ovarian cysts don't cause cancer. That's the truth and it deserves to be said first before...

Two small glands. Sitting on top of your kidneys. Smaller than a walnut each. Most people go their...

HIPEC surgery is one of the most significant operations in cancer treatment. And life expectancy...

No. It isn't. Not even slightly. You cannot catch cancer from another human being. Not by touching...

There's no home test. There isn't one. Not a reliable one. Not one that tells you anything...

Colon resection saves lives. That needs saying first. Before anything else. But saving your life...

There's no single number. And the sooner that's understood the less frightening the answer...

Rectal cancer starts in the rectum. The last part of your large intestine before the anus. It...

Oral cancer has causes. Real identifiable ones. That's what makes it both one of the most...

Esophageal cancer symptoms don't scream. They whisper. And most people spend months mishearing...

Robotic cancer surgery is minimally invasive surgery performed through tiny incisions using...

Yes. But the honest answer comes with a condition attached. Lung cancer can be cured when it's...

Yes. Some cancers can be completely cured. Not managed. Not controlled. Actually cured. That's a...

Most women don't know. Not straight away. Not clearly. Uterine cancer doesn't send you a message...

Bladder cancer whispers before it shouts. That's the truest thing I can say about it. Every...

Yes. But with important limits that every patient deserves to understand before they put too much...

The Immunohistochemistry (IHC) test does not necessarily mean that you have cancer, but it is a...

Yes. But not always. And not definitively on its own. That second part is the bit nobody explains...

Fluid in the abdominal cavity, also known as malignant ascites, is often a result of cancers that...

Not directly. A DEXA scan was designed to measure bone density. That's its job. That's what it was...

Not automatically. But it's worth understanding what high MCV actually means before you either...

There's no fixed number. That's the truth nobody wants to hear but it's the only honest starting...

There isn't one magic number. That's the honest answer and it's worth sitting with for a moment...

Oral cancer is largely preventable. That's the part most people don't hear clearly enough. The...

Yes. And not just curable in a hopeful optimistic sense. Genuinely curable in a the numbers back...

Not directly. But that answer needs unpacking because the relationship between stress and cancer...

No. It doesn't. Full stop. And yet here we are in a world where this question gets typed into...

No. Aplastic anemia is not cancer. But that answer needs more than just a no because the two...

Difficulty swallowing. That's usually the first thing people notice. Not pain. Not bleeding. Just...

Adenocarcinoma is not a stage. It's really not. And the number of people who walk into a...

Most people get a high rheumatoid factor result and immediately think arthritis. Fair enough....

Sometimes. And that word carries more weight today than it ever did before. Because immunotherapy...

It depends. Some cancers move from Stage 1 to Stage 4 in months. Others take years. A few take...

Sometimes. Not always. But when diarrhea keeps showing up week after week without a clear reason,...

Above 37 units per millilitre. That's the number most labs flag. But here's what nobody tells you...

Most people don't. That's the real answer. Stomach cancer creeps in quietly. It doesn't show up...

No. And this isn't a "just be careful" kind of answer. Your liver just went through surgery. It's...

Above 35 units per millilitre. That's the number. But honestly? That number alone means very...

Stage 4. Two words that change everything.It means the cancer didn't stay where it started. It...

No. Cancer does not spread from one person to another. Not through touch. Not through air. Not...

Pancreatic cancer. That's what most oncologists will tell you. It carries an 11% five-year...