Childhood Cancer in India: Analysing the impact of good nutrition
When five-year-old Swara (name changed) was diagnosed with cancer, her family moved to a rented apartment in Pune from Baramati for her treatment. Her father had spent all of his savings on her medical tests and travel. She weighed less than what she was supposed to at her age and consumed only 23% of her […]
Late Effects facing the Childhood Cancer Survivor: Screening and Management
With continued advances and improvement in paediatric cancer treatments, the population of children surviving cancers is growing. However, many of these childhood cancer survivors are at life-long risk of developing ‘Late Effects’ of treatment – consequences of the various therapies used to cure them of cancer. Life altering and sometimes, life threatening, these complications take […]
