Oncologist in Pune, Cancer Care Pune

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Cancer Care Pune
MOST ADVANCED CANCER TREATMENT IN INDIA
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What is CANCER

• Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal
  cells in the body. Cancer develops when the
  bodys normal control mechanism stops working.
  Old cells do not die and instead grow out of
  control, forming new, abnormal cells. These extra
  cells may form a mass of tissue, called a tumor.
  Some cancers, such as leukemia, do not form
  tumors.

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Causes of Cancer

• There are some avoidable causes like smoking,
  tobacco, alcohol, sedentary life style, sun and
  other types of Radiation exposure and viruses and
  other infections.
• There are some unavoidable causes like familial
  cancer, genetic mutations and exposure to
  carcinogens.

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Types of Cancer

• Breast Cancer
• Cervix Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Colon Cancer

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Breast Cancer

• Symptoms of Breast Cancer
• Lump in breast, change in skin color,
  retraction of nipple, change in size of breast,
  nipple discharge, swelling in axilla, puckering
  of skin of breast are symptoms of breast cancer
• How to diagnose Breast Cancer
• Breast cancer can be diagnosed by various tests
  like biopsy, FNAC and mammography. Further tests
  are needed once diagnosis is made are PET CT,
  Blood tests, bone scan, for staging and
  evaluation of treatment.
• What is treatment of Breast Cancer
• Treatment of breast cancer is multimodality
  treatment which includes Surgery, chemotherapy,
  Radiation therapy and Hormonal therapy. The
  sequence of therapy depends on the stage of the
  disease.

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Cervix Cancer

• What is cervix cancer
• This is cancer of mouth of the uterus. This is
  second most common cancer in women.
• What are symptoms of Cervix Cancer
• These include excessive bleeding during or in
  between menstrual cycle, bleeding after sexual
  intercourse, post-menopausal bleeding, pain in
  back, pain in lower abdomen.
• How Cervix Cancer is diagnosed
• Cervix cancer is diagnosed with tests like
  Biopsy.
• What is treatment of Cervical Cancer
• Treatment depends on the stage of disease but
  in most of the stages of cervical cancer the
  Radiation Therapy is best treatment. Rarely
  surgery may be needed for treatment of cervical
  cancer.

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Prostate Cancer

• What is Prostate Cancer
• It is malignant growth of prostate gland in
  men. This is most common cancer in men. The
  chances of prostate cancer increases as age
  increases
• Symptoms of Prostate Cancer
• These include frequent urination, weak or
  interrupted urine flow or the need to strain to
  empty the bladder, the urge to urinate frequently
  at night, blood in the urine, Pain or burning
  during urination, which is much less common.
• How to diagnose Prostate Cancer
• Diagnosis is made by biopsy. Serum PSA level is
  often increased in prostate cancer. Sr. PSA can
  be used for screening and monitoring the response
  to treatment.
• What is treatment of Prostate Cancer
• Treatment of prostate cancer depends on the
  stage and extent of spread of disease. There are
  different types of treatment available for
  prostate cancer like Radiation Therapy,
  Chemotherapy, Hormonal Therapy and Surgery. To
  know the choice of treatment please consult
  Oncologist.

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Colon Cancer

• What is Colon Cancer
• It is cancer of large intestine of our body.
  This is the distal part of the intestine.
• What are the symptoms of colon cancer
• Constipation, altered bowel habits, blood in
  stools, pain in abdomen are the most common
  symptoms of colorectal cancers.
• How colorectal cancers are diagnosed
• There are different tests to diagnose colon
  cancer like colonoscopy and biopsy, CT scan/PET
  CT scan, serum CEA
• What is the treatment of colorectal cancer
• Treatment of colorectal cancer depends on stage
  of the disease. There are three main types of
  treatments available for Radiation therapy,
  Chemotherapy and Surgery. In CA rectum most of
  patients need Radiation therapy before surgery.
  There are some targeted therapy in colon cancer.

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Treatment Specialties

• Radiation Therapy
• Chemotherapy
• Palliative Care
• Cancer Surgery

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Radiation Therapy

• Radiation therapy is the use of radioactive
  rays like x rays, gamma rays and electrons to
  kill cancer cells. These rays selectively kill
  cancer cells and protecting normal cells. Modern
  radiotherapy is highly focused and accurate
  associated with minimum side effects.
• There are different types of radiation therapy
  like Conventional Radiation Therapy, 3DCRT, IMRT,
  IGRT, VMAT, Stereotactic radiotherapy,
  Stereotactic Radio surgery, Brach therapy.

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Chemotherapy

• Chemotherapy is the use of medicines in the
  form of injections or tablets to kill cancer
  cells. There are many misconceptions about
  chemotherapy. There are different types of
  chemotherapy like Cytotoxic chemotherapy,
  Targeted therapy, Immunotherapy.

These are the medicines in the form of injections
or tablets used to destroy cancer cells.
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Palliative Care

• Palliative care is the treatment of symptoms or
  suffering of patient. Many times, cancer patients
  have intractable pain, discomfort, fatigue or
  some other problems. During routine examination
  and treatment these things can be missed. Also,
  patients who are terminally ill need end of life
  care. We provide complete palliative care to the
  patient.

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Cancer Surgery

• In Cancer surgery tumour is removed by
  Oncosurgeon (Cancer Surgeon) along with normal
  tissue. Cancer surgery should be done by surgeon
  who is qualified in doing Cancer surgery.

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Prevention

• Eat a healthy diet.
• Exercise regularly.
• Limiting alcohol.
• Maintaining a healthy weight.
• No smoking, No chewing tobacco.
• Reducing sun exposure.
• Get regular medical care

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