“North-eastern states are less polluted compared to other metropolitan cities and regions of the country. Yet, it baffles the oncologists that most number of cancer cases is registered here. Every year, 40,000 new cases of cancer come up. In Assam, 130 cancer cases per 1 lakh population are reported, while in Cachar, it is 125...
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Jayabheri 21st Jan 2017 @ IST 4:30pm – Live Talk Show with Dr. R. Ravi Kannan, Oncologist ….Meet the Man Who Is Building a World Class Cancer Hospital in Cachar, Assam, India. One Doctor Is Quietly Building a World-Class Cancer Hospital for the Poor in Assam. Dr. Ravi Kannan’s vision has turned a small cancer...
We are grateful to the Government of Assam for their generous support to our hospital that will benefit thousands of poor cancer patients.
Dr. Ravi Kannan was one of the recipients of the True Legends Awards 2016 Northeast, in association...
Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre is one of the listed hospitals to qualify for utilizing The Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund. In pursuance of an appeal by the then Prime Minister, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru in January, 1948, the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF) was established with public contributions to assist displaced persons from Pakistan. The...
Cachar Cancer Hospital & Research Centre is now an empanelled hospital with the Cancer Cure Fund – a unique initiative of the Indian Cancer Society to financially assist underprivileged cancer patients in initiating and completing their treatment.
Personalised and “evidence-based” treatment rather than a generic approach is the “way forward” for cancer cure across the world, including in India, international oncology experts have said.Cancer experts from around 15 foreign countries had gathered in New Delhi for…
A new compound has been shown by researchers to block a protein of the BCL2 family, called MCL1, which is essential for the sustained growth of up to a quarter of all cancers. In layman words, the Servier compound – S63845, could efficiently kill cancerous cells…
For patients with advanced cancer, palliative care should start early and be an integral part of treatment, not just something added on near the end of life, according to a new practice guideline from the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO)…
Bone marrow cancer can be identified effectively using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), according to a new study which may change the way the disease is diagnosed. Bone marrow cancer (myelofibrosis) is a slow evolving condition…
Specific inherited genetic differences may increase the risk of eye cancer – unveal melanoma, a rare form of melanoma that arises from pigment cells that determine eye colour, a new study has suggested..
