Mamta Goenka suffered bilateral breast cancer and naturally went through the entire gamut of treatment along with emotional turmoil and pangs of mortification. But she decided to challenge her cancer and the hair loss with her head held high. She…
Rita Banik, breast cancer survivor and founder of RACE to Rein-in-Cancer, had to face this and many painful falsities and misrepresentation during her treatment. She shares some of the hurtful things that people say. This Breast Cancer…
By Geetha Paniker, a survivor of triple negative cancer with double mastectomy reflects on and celebrates her 5 year Cancer Anniversary. A believer of being positive against all odds who pens, all that the mind can reason with the heart. …
By Geetha Paniker, a survivor of triple negative cancer with double mastectomy. A believer of being positive against all odds who pens, all that the mind can reason with the heart. A teacher, turned home maker, she loves reading…
By Geetha Paniker, a survivor of triple negative cancer with double mastectomy. A believer of being positive against all odds who pens, all that the mind can reason with the heart. A teacher, turned home maker, she loves …
Says Shachi Marathe, 30, eight years after their unnerving encounter. Her experience.
Age 22, File Number BX9059- Breast Cancer Carcinoma Grade 3… this was my identity for a while.
It was during that time, lying on my hospital bed,…
A poem by Rita Banik, Founder, RACE to rein-in-cancer
The never uttered word CANCER
The word that fills our heart with grief
Turns our feet cold with fear
The word that haunts and shatters …
How long shall we go on fearing?
How long…
Rajita, now 42, looks back on her ‘shock’ diagnosis and treatment, and how she kept going through rough chemo sessions.
Please tell us a bit about your condition and your history.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 31…
Breast cancer survivor and founder of RACE to rein-in-cancer, Rita Banik talks about how cancer changed her life and why she is passionate about helping others. Here, her thoughts on getting a second opinion, staying active, yoga… and more…