Breast cancer

Jayashree Ratan, founder of Saaisha India Foundation, helps Indian women in the most unique way. She brought together a community of women under the brand name Knitted Knockers to crochet prostheses for women who have undergone mastectomies.

In a powerful Instagram post on living with breast cancer, Telugu actress Hamsa Nandini shares that she has always lived under the “dark shadow” of this dreadful disease ever since she lost her mother to Grade III Invasive Carcinoma.

Dr. Indraneel Mittra, a surgeon with the Tata Memorial Hospital, led a groundbreaking 20-year research into the early detection of breast and cervical cancer in the 1990s.

Social distancing due to COVID-19 causing chemotherapy flashbacks? Cancer survivor Megha Agarwal offers some tips to cope.

“I remember a woman thanking me, sharing how she could hug her daughter again, without the child finding out her mother had lost her breast.”

Breast cancer is a non-hereditary disease.

“Cytotron stops the cancer tissue from multiplying. The device also inhibits it from spreading to other organs."

Padma Bhushan Kamal didn’t just set up India’s first tissue culture lab, she shaped iconic institutions like the Indian Cancer Research Centre (ICRC) and the Indian Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA).

Doctor Nordan has even conducted free clinics and distributed medicines in acutely remote villages, in addition to turning Nubra Valley into a tobacco-free zone.

The response has been overwhelming with mothers showing their support with placards from various significant locations such as the Mysore Palace in India, Burj Kalifa in Dubai, New York Downtown in US, Norway Airport and more from across all continents.