Sometime back, when I was a trainee, we used to get patients at the end of their life. They would come to us tired and dejected (and angry) after treatment from premier hospitals all over the country; having tried various form of alternative therapies and charlatans. And we would evaluate them and send them back […]
Category Archives: Cancer
On Generics and Drug affordibility in India.
I had previously written about compulsory licensing of expensive anti cancer drugs in India and the expected benefits to the patients. Just after this news came out, there was reaction from the Govt. sources stating that no they had no plans for such measures as cancer was not an “epidemic or national emergency”. There is an […]
Compulsory Licensing for breast cancer drugs in India?
Stated briefly; in general the treatment of breast cancer in India at present is suboptimal. I was reading a book regarding evolution and changes in management of breast cancer and what struck me was that we are still stuck in last decade. Most of the patients present very late in disease process. Breast cancer screening […]