Highlights of the NDTV-Fortis Health4U Cancerthon
Fortis partnered with NDTV for the Cancerthon to raise funds for children battling cancer. The 8-hour Cancerthon, aimed to raise awareness about cancer through stories of cancer survivors, experts, NGOs, oncologists, talking about timely detection, support needed during treatment and advancements in cancer research. The Cancerthon also aimed to raise funds for children with cancer. After 8 hours the campaign raised close to Rs. 3crores.
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Emraan Hashmi joined the Cancerthon on phone to share his experience with cancer. His son successfully fought a rare kind of kidney cancer. Emraan's son has now been cancer free for a year and he is taken for regular check ups. Emraan said that chances of survival for a child in case of cancer has improved globally and that is good news.
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Speaking to NDTV during the Cancerthon, Ram Naik, Governor of Uttar Pradesh, who had contracted cancer in stomach when he was 60, said that common man fears cancer and thinks it is the end of life. But my advice is that science has progressed and cancer can be cured. Timely detection and treatment is key, he added.
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Speaking to Vikram Chandra during the NDTV-Fortis Health4U Cancerthon, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson & MD of BIOCON said that as long as you can contain and localise the cancer, you can cure it.
To support the treatment of children with cancer, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw donated Rs. 2 crores during the Cancerthon. -
Former Miss World, Diana Hayden who lost her grandmother to breast cancer, when she was 10 years old talked about how today there are enough medical facilities to cure cancer. She spoke about how the treatment back when her grandmother had breast cancer was not as advanced, as she suffered more from the radiation that burnt up her lungs than the cancer itself.
