Early Signs of Childhood Cancer: What Parents Shouldn’t Dismiss When a Child Doesn’t “Look Sick”
A child can still be playing, going to school and asking for their favourite food while something important is changing inside their body. That is one reason the early signs of childhood cancer can sometimes be overlooked—they may initially resemble common infections, growing pains or ordinary childhood tiredness. The message for parents is not to […]
When Cancer Has a Passport: How Cancer Cells Travel From One Organ to Another
Cancer begins in one place. But sometimes, it doesn’t stay there. When cancer cells move from the original tumor to another part of the body, the process is called metastasis. It is one of the most complex and important developments in cancer biology. But how does a microscopic cell leave one organ, survive a journey […]
CheckMate 8HW and the Changing Future of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Care
Reflections from Ranchi Cancer Summit 2.0 on dual immunotherapy, accurate biomarker testing and personalised treatment decisions Scientific meetings become truly meaningful when research findings are translated into better decisions for patients. At the Ranchi Cancer Summit 2.0, I had the opportunity to participate in three scientific sessions—one as a speaker and two as a panelist. […]
Why Cancer Doesn’t Follow the Rules We Expect
When most people think about cancer, they imagine a disease that follows a predictable script. “It will hurt.” “There will be obvious symptoms.” “It only happens to smokers.” “If I feel healthy, I must be fine.” The truth is, cancer rarely follows the rules we expect it to. It doesn’t arrive the way we imagine, […]
The Hidden Language of Cells: How Cancer Begins Without Permission
Your body is having billions of conversations right now. Not through words, but through microscopic messages exchanged between cells every second. These conversations tell cells when to grow, when to repair themselves, when to divide, and even when to die. For most of our lives, this silent communication is remarkably accurate. It keeps our organs […]
When Cancer Changes the Body Before It Changes Your Health
“I feel perfectly fine.” It’s one of the most reassuring sentences a person can say. But in medicine, feeling healthy and being biologically healthy are not always the same thing. Long before cancer causes pain, fatigue, or a noticeable lump, it may already be interacting with the body in subtle ways. Deep beneath the surface, […]
The Three-Month Story: How Symptoms Change Before Diagnosis
Cancer is rarely missed because people don’t care about their health. More often, it’s missed because symptoms don’t arrive all at once. They arrive gradually. A little fatigue here. A lingering cough there. A change that feels too small to matter. When doctors look back after a diagnosis, they often notice a pattern. Not a […]
The Invisible Phase of Cancer: What Happens Before the First Symptom Appears?
Most people imagine cancer begins when symptoms begin. A lump is discovered. A cough won’t go away. Fatigue becomes impossible to ignore. But from a biological perspective, the story often starts much earlier. Long before the first symptom appears, long before a scan reveals an abnormality, and long before a diagnosis enters the conversation, cancer […]
Can Dense Breasts Make Breast Cancer Harder to Detect?
“You have dense breasts.” For many women, this information appears as a small note on a mammogram report and is quickly forgotten. But breast density is more than just a technical finding. It can influence how breast cancer is detected and, in some cases, make early diagnosis more challenging. Understanding what dense breasts mean can […]
The Cancer That Wasn’t There Last Year: How Fast Can Cancer Actually Grow?
“I had a health check-up last year.” It’s one of the most common and confusing statements heard after a cancer diagnosis. Many patients struggle to understand how a scan, blood test, or routine evaluation could appear normal one year and reveal cancer the next. The assumption is often that cancer takes decades to develop and […]