VIOCE - Empowering Cancer Patients

Hi Friends, Often, when we hear the term cancer treatment, the image that comes to our mind is of pain, side effects, and suffering. That is important but not true in all cases. In our today’s episode, we have Dr. Bharat Vaswani who is a Medical Oncologist practicing in Hyderabad, sharing his experiences with conventional as well as recent cancer treatments. He also shared the basic principles to be followed while undergoing cancer treatment. I hope this helps. See you soon. Jai Hind Disclaimer: “The purpose of each podcast is to inform oncology patients. The podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. It is no substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests who speak in the podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Neither Bristol Myers Squibb nor any of its affiliates endorses, supports, or opposes any particular treatment option or other matter discussed in a podcast. Reproduction Prohibited: Reproduction of this material is not permitted without written permission from the copyright owner.” ONC-IN-2100084 expiry 16 Nov 2022

Hi Friends! We have learnt many new words in past one and half year like lockdown, unlock, immunity, innovation and many more. So today we will focus on innovation and we want to know from our guest today, that when we talk about cancer then what innovations have taken place in field of cancer. We have Dr. M. V. Chandrakant with us who is a Medical Oncologist and practices in Narayana Hospital, Kolkata. Dr. Chandrakant is an alumnus of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai and has been actively involved in cancer research. I hope you like the episode and learn new things today. I’ll see you soon. Jai Hind Vivek Disclaimer: “The purpose of each podcast is to inform oncology patients. The podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. It is no substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests who speak in the podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Neither Bristol Myers Squibb nor any of its affiliates endorses, supports, or opposes any particular treatment option or other matter discussed in a podcast. Reproduction Prohibited: Reproduction of this material is not permitted without written permission from the copyright owner.” NO-IN-2100006 expiry 17 Nov 2022

Hi Friends! In today's podcast, I have interviewed Dr. Vijay Patil who is a Medical Oncologist at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, and treats Head and Neck Cancer. We had an interesting discussion around the diagnosis and management of Head and Neck Cancer. I'm sure you'll like the episode and learn many interesting things too. I'll see you soon. Jai Hind Vivek Disclaimer: “The purpose of each podcast is to inform oncology patients. The podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. It is no substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests who speak in the podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Neither Bristol Myers Squibb nor any of its affiliates endorses, supports, or opposes any particular treatment option or other matter discussed in a podcast. Reproduction Prohibited: Reproduction of this material is not permitted without written permission from the copyright owner.” NO-IN-2100003 expiry 25 Aug 2022

Dear Friends, I recently got an opportunity to chat with Dr. Bhalchandra Kashyapi who is a practicing Urologic Cancer Surgeon in Pune. He shared that twenty years back, if there were a tumor in the Kidney, the whole Kidney was removed. But, now the concept is completely revamped. Now we say if it is kidney cancer, save the Kidney as much as possible. The basic unit of the Kidney is Nephron. In each Kidney, there are approximately 10 lakh nephrons. The technical term for this is “Nephron sparing surgery”, and in simple terms, we call it partial nephrectomy. We have to remove some part of the Kidney, not the whole. Listen to the complete episode to know more about kidney cancers and life after kidney cancer. I'll see you soon with another interesting episode. Till then, take care! Jai Hind Vivek Disclaimer: “The purpose of each podcast is to inform oncology patients. The podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. It is no substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests who speak in the podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Neither Bristol Myers Squibb nor any of its affiliates endorses, supports, or opposes any particular treatment option or other matter discussed in a podcast. Reproduction Prohibited: Reproduction of this material is not permitted without written permission from the copyright owner.” ONC-IN-2100007 valid till 15th July 2022

Hi friends, sometimes, we meet a few people in life and they inspire us so much that we get a kind of shot of inspiration when we’re feeling down. When we talk about a dreaded disease like Cancer, awareness, and inspiration are very important. I’m glad to have Dr. Chanchal Goswami with us with whom we’re going to learn a lot about head and neck cancer and two beautiful, real-life inspiring stories. I hope you’ll enjoy the episode. I’ll see you soon. Jai HindVivek Disclaimer: “The purpose of each podcast is to inform oncology patients. The podcast is provided on the understanding that it does not constitute medical or other professional advice or services. It is no substitute for professional care by a doctor or other qualified medical professional and is not intended for use in the diagnosis or treatment of individual conditions. Guests who speak in the podcast express their own opinions, experience, and conclusions. Neither Bristol Myers Squibb nor any of its affiliates endorses, supports, or opposes any particular treatment option or other matter discussed in a podcast. Reproduction Prohibited: Reproduction of this material is not permitted without written permission from the copyright owner.” NO-IN-2100005 expiry 19th June 2022