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Dec, 2021
A senior citizen from Africa was admitted, to Wockhardt Hospitals, South Mumbai - India, with complaints of fatigue, backache, weakness, and generalized body pain for the past year. He was a known case, of multiple myeloma and was on…
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Dec, 2021
“A 42-year-old patient from Botswana was admitted for metastasis of the colon. She was suffering from pain in the chest cough, backache, weight gain, and breathlessness. On investigations, it was discovered that cancer had spread to the bone and liver. The patient was on chemotherapy cycles. Dr. Boman Dhabar, medical oncologist advised palliative management and chemotherapy as the prognosis was poor…..” Understanding colorectal cancer: According to Global Cancer Statistics, colorectal…
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Oct, 2021
Case Details: A 36 year old gentleman from Mozambique was previously treated for the left liver lobe Hepato-Cellular Carcinoma (HCC) by surgical resection. On subsequent follow up, he was found to have recurrence of the cancer along the surgical…
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Dec, 2020
A 45-year-old patient from Oman developed a swelling in the left jaw (submandibular region). Gradually he started developing pain as well as swelling in the neck. He realized that this was a serious medical condition and would need much-specialized treatment. He decided to consult doctors in India. On knowing many positive reviews, he chose Wockhardt Hospitals, South Mumbai, India for complete evaluation and management of his condition. The patient was…
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5
Oct, 2020
Are you suffering from ovarian cancer? Here we brief you about the causes, symptoms, risk factors, early diagnosis, and treatment of it. Read on to know more about this, and tackle it at the right time. Women, do you often…
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Aug, 2020
Neuroendocrine Tumour: Know about its symptoms and treatment | PINKVILLA Prof. (Dr.) Mallika Tewari, Senior Consultant & Program Lead Surgical Oncology, Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road shared in detail about Neuroendocrine Tumour aka NET. Read on to know. Actor Irrfan Khan passed away in Mumbai after battling colon infection. He was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumour, 2 years back. Here, we brief you about the neuroendocrine tumour. Read on to know…
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Nov, 2019
“We are grateful to Dr Riya Ballikar and staff at Wockhardt Hospital, Nagpur for their continuous support, dedication and encouragement towards patient suffering with blood cancer. The journey of treating and living with cancer is daunting both for the…
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Nov, 2019
Blog Story: Beating cancer and surviving it with self-confidence…Cancer cells are abnormal cells that grow uncontrollably forming a mass called a tumour anywhere in the body. As per statistics The Indian Council of Medical Research finds that India is likely to have more than 17.3 lakh new cases of cancer and over 8.8 lakh deaths due to the disease by 2020. Breast cancer is the most common of the types of…
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Nov, 2019
The definition of Oncology is the study of cancer and its treatment in medical science. Cancer develops in the body and spread to various organs. The initial site of the tumour is called the primary site of the cancer…
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