cancer care

Breathing new life into old sarees for a noble cause

The Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT) has taken a unique initiative that connects tradition, sustainability, and compassion. Their project, Alok Kantha, revives the cherished craft of hand-embroidered quilts using discarded sarees, turning them into something truly meaningful.

Combatting Cancer: 2 in 3 patients die without treatment

However, as luck would have it, after 18 days of failed admission attempts, he was forced to return home, where he died in agony the following month without palliative care, a type of medicare for lessening the pain of dying patients like him

World Cancer Day-2023: A Journey to “Close the Care Gap”

. To battle cancer and the fear it brings with the name, World Cancer Day is observed every year on the 4 February.

No need for chemo in many breast and lung cancers, major studies show

Two major studies show that many people with breast and lung cancers may forgo chemotherapy and still live longer, signaling a waning need for what was long seen as the standard of cancer care.

November 25, 2024
November 25, 2024

Breathing new life into old sarees for a noble cause

The Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT) has taken a unique initiative that connects tradition, sustainability, and compassion. Their project, Alok Kantha, revives the cherished craft of hand-embroidered quilts using discarded sarees, turning them into something truly meaningful.

February 4, 2023
February 4, 2023

Combatting Cancer: 2 in 3 patients die without treatment

However, as luck would have it, after 18 days of failed admission attempts, he was forced to return home, where he died in agony the following month without palliative care, a type of medicare for lessening the pain of dying patients like him

January 29, 2023
January 29, 2023

World Cancer Day-2023: A Journey to “Close the Care Gap”

. To battle cancer and the fear it brings with the name, World Cancer Day is observed every year on the 4 February.

June 4, 2018
June 4, 2018

No need for chemo in many breast and lung cancers, major studies show

Two major studies show that many people with breast and lung cancers may forgo chemotherapy and still live longer, signaling a waning need for what was long seen as the standard of cancer care.