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In the field of cancer research, the tireless efforts of doctors and scientists have led to remarkable breakthroughs in recent years. Innovative work has resulted in the development of new drugs, medicines, and therapies that can either cure or extend the lives of cancer patients. Conventional treatment modalities, such as surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, and immunotherapy, have come a long way in terms of effectiveness and safety, becoming essential tools in the fight against cancer.

Cervical cancer is the fifth most common cancer among women globally according to World Health Organization (WHO). India accounts for one-fifth (1/5th ) of the global burden of the disease.

In 2020, the combined age-standardised rate for all cancers, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, was 190 per 100,000, and men had a greater rate of developing cancer (206.9 per 100,000) than women (178.1 per 100,000). Unfortunately, this number has already been surpassed in the year 2022.

Gauri, Manju, Shahbaz, all three of them are middle-aged, bread earners for their families. All three of them had cancer and they can’t afford the treatment cost. Gauri had a timely Thyroid surgery which cured her of her disease along with preservation of her voice and minimal scar in the neck. Manju is now free from her Breast cancer and back to her job with no change in her body habitus with hair growth also normalized.