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Prostate Cancer – A South Asian Cautionary Tale…

By • Aug 2nd, 2010 • Category: Health

The incidence of prostate cancer amongst South Asians in the US is just 4.6 per 100,000 population as compared to 104.3 per 100,000 amongst non-South Asians. Yet when they come in for treatment, 85 percent of them are usually in the late stages, as compared to late stage prostate cancer diagnosis for non-South Asians which is around 15 percent.

Given the sheer numbers of the South Asian population around the world, it is imperative they get checked early. Dr. Ashutosh K. Tewari, an expert on prostate cancer and robotics, discusses the hard facts.


Where Robotics and Real Care Meet

By • Dec 24th, 2009 • Category: Health

The meandering, thundering steel dragon, also known as the No. 1 subway train, rushed on, its belly filled with countless strugglers and dreamers all commuting to the gritty Upper West Side. At crowded 165th street, it disgorged a huge chunk of humanity – patients and families, small children, doctors and nurses – all headed to the New York- Presbyterian Hospital, one of the great teaching hospitals in the city.
Interestingly enough, there are several physicians of Indian descent who are leading the charge here with cutting edge technologies in cancer treatment and kidney transplants.