Age is no barrier to cancer surgery, says Dr. Avinash Reddy In a remarkable medical milestone, doctors at Kamineni Hospital successfully performed a complex radical nephrectomy (complete removal of the cancer affected kidney) on a 91-year-old patient diagnosed with an aggressive form of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Dr Vijay Kumar Srinivasalu, Senior Consultant Medical Oncology, Sakra World Hospital For decades, the public health message around oral cancer has been incredibly black and white: if you don’t smoke, chew tobacco, or drink heavily, you’re basically safe. But lately, those of us in oncology and
New Delhi | July 1, 2026: MedGate Today, India's leading healthcare media and knowledge platform, successfully concluded its National Doctor's Day 2026 celebration at the AMG Studio, bringing together distinguished doctors, healthcare leaders, policymakers, academicians, and industry experts from across the healthcare ecosystem for a
Dr SUSHANTKUMAR IKHAR, Senior Medical Oncologist & Hematologist HCG Hospital Nagpur Immunotherapy is a drug used in the treatment of cancer. It is a new modality of treatment. immunotherapy is given intravenously (injection) usually at 2 or 3 weeks interval. Ipilimumab is the first immunotherapy approved for cancer treatment. there are several others drugs in this category for example Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab , Atezolizumab and Avelumab. Immunotherapy
Following the news that MasterChef India Season 1 winner Pankaj Bhadouria has been diagnosed with breast cancer, the need to raise awareness about the disease has once again come into focus. Early detection of breast cancer can make treatment more effective and significantly improve a
~A highly precise stereotactic radiosurgery using Cyberknife procedure helped ensure successful treatment and faster recovery for patient with Trigeminal Neuralgia~ Mumbai’s HCG Cancer Hospital, Mumbai has brought significant relief to a 62-year-old woman who had been battling debilitating trigeminal neuralgia for nearly seven years. The severe
Dr Intezar Mehdi, Director and HOD, Paediatric Haemato-Oncologist and BMT Specialist, HCG Cancer Hospital, Bengaluru. For many years, thalassemia treatment was only about blood transfusions. While transfusions remain essential and life-saving for patients with severe cases of thalassemia, they are only a part of managing the condition but not
Multidisciplinary team at AINU Banjara Hills performs life saving removal of a massive renal tumor with precision and care Doctors at the Asian Institute of Nephrology & Urology (AINU Hospitals), Banjara Hills have successfully removed a very large kidney tumor Measuring 20 cm with a pumpkin
50-year-old man reliev ed from years of severe pain and urinary problems Doctors at KIMS ICON Hospital successfully removed five giant bladder stones, each nearly the size of a hen’s egg, from a 50-year-old man who had been suffering from severe urinary problems for several years. Sharing
Doctors at KIMS Hospitals, Kondapur, have successfully treated a 10-year-old boy suffering from a rare form of spinal cancer, giving him a new lease of life through advanced robotic spine surgery. Consultant Spine Surgeon Dr. Krishna Chaitanya explained that the boy, Hima Sai from Hyderabad, initially
