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February 4, 2025 22 mins

This final episode is about one of the most dreaded diseases, Cancer. About 1.4 million people are diagnosed with cancer every year in India. We speak with Dr Nikita Mehra, a medical oncologist who works with Cancer Institute in Adyar, Chennai, a pioneering cancer institute in India. We also talk to Alaknanda Dasgupta, a resident of Gurgaon who is a Cancer survivor and advocate. 

This podcast is produced by REACH India, an IndiaChennai-based non- profit that works towards providing holistic care to people living with tuberculosis and non communicable diseases or NCDs. 

References

The burden of cancers and their variations across the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 1990–2016 - The Lancet Oncology

CTRI

Financial toxicity of cancer treatment in India: towards closing the cancer care gap

HPV Vaccination and the Risk of Invasive Cervical Cancer | New England Journal of Medicine 

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