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Breast Cancer Low In India

Age of breast cancer onset in India is a decade lower than in the west.West-age group 53-57 years, India-age group 43-46 years.

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women in India.
One in 26 women in India is expected to be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime.
WHO predicts that by 2020, India […]

Real Life

For as long as I remember,my friend have been terrified of getting breast cancer.And quite frankly,She have been every reason to be.It runs in her family….or I should probably say,weals havoc on it.At 18,her mom lost her mother and grandmother to breast cancer within a week of each other(they were just 39 and 57 when […]

Cancer Survival

Coping with cancer was just another managerial assignment for IIM-Ahmedabad graduate Nadira Chaturvedi.This south Delhi resident is not a changed women after going through a tough phase of her life.It was a cold February morning in Delhi in 2006 when Nadira,then executive director of GIVO  Private Limited,was detected from advanced stage of ovarian cancer.She came […]