Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers worldwide, yet it is also one of the most treatable...

 A colon cancer diagnosis raises many questions, and one of the first is often about the stage....

Prostate cancer often does grow slowly and can remain entirely without symptoms for years,...

A PSA test is a blood test measuring prostate specific antigen, a protein produced by the prostate...

There is no single figure, because the cost tracks directly with what the surgery involves. Early...

Complete cytoreduction rate, not reputation, is what separates an experienced ovarian cancer...

This comparison applies to a narrower group than most patients expect, early stage, apparently...

Surgery is the standard treatment for Stage 3 ovarian cancer, not an exception reserved for select...

These are not competing alternatives. HIPEC is a one time treatment given during surgery,...

BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations substantially increase the lifetime risk of ovarian cancer. A BRCA1...

Debulking surgery, also called cytoreductive surgery, removes all visible ovarian cancer from the...

Ovarian cancer can be caught early, but not through a routine screening test in the way cervical...

Persistent bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, early fullness when eating, and urinary urgency or...

Adrenal cancer is rare enough that no single factor decides the right hospital, it takes three...

Complete surgical resection with clear margins is what determines the answer, not surgery in...

Case volume with adrenal specific surgery, not general oncology experience, is what actually...

Tumour size and suspicion of malignancy decide it, not one approach being universally superior....

Adrenal tumours can absolutely cause high blood pressure, and they do it through three different...

A pheochromocytoma is a rare tumour of the adrenal gland that pumps out adrenaline and related...

Three things decide it. First, hormonal blood and urine tests show whether the tumour is producing...

The best hospital isn't simply the one that owns a robot. Plenty of hospitals in Bangalore have...

Recovery after laparoscopic adrenalectomy is quick compared to open surgery. Most patients stay in...

Robotic lung cancer surgery removes a lung tumour through a few small chest incisions, using a...

A chest X-ray can show lung cancer, but it misses a lot. It picks up larger tumours reasonably...

There's no single figure, because the cost tracks what the surgery actually involves. How much...

The best lung cancer surgeon isn't the one with the most advertising, it's the one with the...

It isn't one against the other. The choice comes down to what molecular testing finds in the...

There's no single price, because the cost depends entirely on what the surgery involves. A...

Single port surgery isn't better for liver cancer, but it's an option in selected cases. It uses...

Non-smokers can and do get lung cancer. Around one in ten cases occurs in people who never smoked,...

Robotic surgery is available for bile duct cancer, but only in selected cases at specialist...

The difficult truth is lung cancer often has no early signs, which is exactly why it's caught...

It can, but the risk is specific and largely preventable. The main danger is power morcellation,...

These two aren't alternatives, they treat completely different problems. The Whipple removes a...

Surgery is possible in Stage 3 lung cancer, but only for selected patients, mainly those with...

Thyroid conditions are common. Goiters, nodules, and thyroid cancers affect millions, and women...

Thyroid cancer is one of the more treatable cancers, with excellent survival rates when caught and...

Testicular cancer can spread, usually first to the lymph nodes at the back of the abdomen, then to...

A second cancer surgery is needed when the first operation didn't fully finish the job, or when...

Laparoscopy can be used for liver cancer, in the right patient. For small tumours sitting in...

It depends on whether cure is the goal. Surgery is the only option that can remove the cancer and...

The treatment depends entirely on the tumour type. Higher grade adenocarcinomas of the appendix...

Colonoscopy is the better test. It does two jobs in one sitting, it finds polyps and removes them...

HIPEC can help some Stage 4 ovarian cancer patients, but not all. It works when the cancer has...

Neither one is better across the board. It depends entirely on the situation. Gallstones causing...

Age by itself doesn't rule out cancer surgery. A fit 80 year old often handles surgery better than...

Pancreatic cancer is mostly a disease of older age, but young adults can get it too. Cases under...

Cancer rehabilitation helps patients rebuild strength, function and daily life during and after...

A biopsy confirms cancer and its type. Molecular testing goes a step further, reading the tumour's...

Air pollution is a proven cause of lung cancer, and India's pollution levels make that a real...

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, usually shortened to ERAS, is a set of evidence based steps that...

Organ-sparing cancer surgery removes the tumour while keeping as much of the organ, and its...

Intraoperative ultrasound is imaging done live, during the operation itself. The surgeon places an...

Cancer vaccines do exist in India, and they're already in everyday use. The catch is what kind....

Gallbladder cancer is caught late mostly because it hides in plain sight. Its early symptoms look...

Bile duct cancer is hard to catch early, and that's the honest starting point. It stays quiet...

Familial pancreatic cancer is pancreatic cancer that clusters in families. The formal definition...

Peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare cancer that starts in the lining of the abdomen. That lining,...

A neuroendocrine tumour can be a cancer, but not always. These tumours grow from the body's...

A multi-cancer early detection test, or MCED, is a single blood test that screens for many cancers...