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In Indian women breast and cervix are followed by the ovary and in Indian men oral cavity cancer, lung, esophagus, and colorectal.

Progressively growing lumps/swellings that are mostly painless, unintentional weight loss, fatigue, chronic cough, changes in bowel habits, bleeding in stool, urine, and unusual vaginal bleeding, difficulty in swallowing

Generally by a health care professional by examination, by radiological imaging, blood tests and by confirmed by biopsy. It can be found by screening also.

Cancer staging (Stage 0 to Stage IV) is based on tumor size, lymph node involvement, and whether it has spread to other organs (metastasis). Stage 0/I is the earliest and highest cure rate(generally detected by Screening); stage 4 is generally when cancer spreads to other parts and has poor outcomes.

It’s a process where people with no symptoms undergo few simple tests to detect cancer if present at an early stage. Generally advised for breast cancer, Cervical cancer. Other cancers which can be screened – colon and rectal, oral cancers, stomach, lung and prostate cancers.

Yes. Detecting a cancer in early stage helps you to get treated before the cancer spreads and also avoids financial burden of combined treatment.

Robotic surgery offers greater precision, less pain, smaller incisions, and faster recovery compared to traditional open surgery.

Some cancers require adjuvant therapy to prevent recurrence. This is decided based on your post-surgery pathology report and also type of cancer