Five Minutes of Inspiration When I finished surgical training and started my career in Oncology (which was purely by chance), I was not sure, if this is where I wanted to be. Oncology grew on me and I subspecialized in Breast Cancer… and surely, this did not dawn on me, suddenly. I was truly inspired… […]
Excellent ABSICON… attractive format, well thought out debates, stimulating discussions, erudite faculty, superb participation, great hospitality and grand entertainment (Sufi performance was stupendous!)👏👏👏 A conference befitting ten years of ABSI!! I was there 10 years ago and this time was certainly special!! Heartening to see young, enthusiastic breast surgeons thronging the place to share their […]
Today is the culmination of the International Breast Feeding Week. I want to take your focus away from the goodness of breast milk and feeding, about which a lot has been said already. When my colleague’s young sister, who is nursing her two month baby, casually mentioned a lump in the breast, my colleague did […]
We have been waiting for this day for almost two years. Breast Support Group meetings used to happen every month before COVID struck and since then, we had no choice but to migrate to the Zoom mode. We adapted well but nothing like an -in-& person meeting. The Champions came back to enliven our space […]
A memorable day unfolded on a splendid sunny morning on the lawns of a magnanimous host at Chattarpur, on Sunday. The guests were special too as they are our Champions who have braved the stormy weather inflicted on them by a chance encounter with breast cancer. Doctors and staff of Max Institute Of Cancer Care […]
For the larger part of the 20th century, breast removal surgery was the only surgical option for breast cancer treatment. In India, it continues to be the surgical option offered to about 70-80% of women suffering from breast cancer. It is tough, I am sure, as women from various sections of society, grapple with the […]
Yesterday, I got a call at 7.00 in the morning. It was from a city about a 100 kilometers from Delhi. The gentleman at the other end, in a panic stricken voice was saying that his mother who had undergone a breast removal surgery for a right breast cancer a week ago, had a bout […]
She is only 23 years but her wisdom belies her age. When I interacted with her for the first time, my mask hid my that-is-not-at-all fair expression well…she was telling me all about her disease, her research project, her fiancé, her mother who had dealt with breast cancer and was fine and so on. She […]
WOMEN SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES………….. I see a lot of lady patients in my practice since I deal with breast cancer and other breast-related conditions all the time. What has struck me as the rule rather than the exception, is that women don’t have a complete say in matters dealing with not […]
