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Healing the emotional wounds within is just as essential as healing the physical incision on the outside.
Breast cancer is India and Kerala’s most common female cancer, marked by late-stage diagnoses and lower survival rates than Western nations. Kerala’s health department prioritises screening, affordable treatment, and regulatory price controls.
Early detection and tailored therapies, including surgery and chemotherapy, offer high recovery rates for breast cancer patients, demonstrating modern medicine's precision and multidisciplinary approach.
A Malayali radiologist, Dr Teena Sleeba, has created a low-cost breast cancer clipping technique, praised internationally for its affordability and efficacy, making cancer care more accessible.
Actress Uma Shankari, who has acted in many South Indian films, including Malayalam movies, is currently receiving regular treatment.
Oncologists refute breast cancer myths, stating it's often painless, unrelated to family history, and biopsies are safe. Lifestyle changes like diet and exercise are key causes.
Dr Liju Vijaya Stelter, a member of the Bathal family from Puliyarakonam, Thiruvananthapuram, led the research.
Singer Kylie Minogue had a very publicised first diagnosis of breast cancer in 2005. She was just about 36, and the public battle of the disease also helped raise awareness about the disease. At one point, many Australian women were booking mammogram appointments, and it was even dubbed a 'Kylie
The exact cause of the cancer is not known yet.
Breast cancer is inherited due to genetic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes.
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