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What is Mastectomy? According to Dr. Soumen Das, a breast cancer surgeon in Kolkata, a mastectomy involves removing tissue from one or both breasts. The goal is usually to remove breast cancer or prevent it from spreading or progressing. However, mastectomies are also performed for other reasons like sex reassignment or to address chronic breast pain, dense breast tissue, fibrocystic [...]

According to Dr. Soumen Das, a breast cancer surgeon in Kolkata, a lumpectomy is a surgical procedure that removes cancerous breast tissue and a rim of normal tissue surrounding it, known as a surgical margin. The treatment preserves the rest of the breast as well as its feeling. Lumpectomy is also referred to as a wide local excision, segmental resection, [...]

A gallbladder cancer patient's care does not end when active therapy ends. The health care team will continue checking that cancer has not come back, handle any side effects and watch the patient's overall health. This is called follow-up care, says a cancer surgeon in Kolkata. The follow-up care contains routine physical examinations, medical tests, or both. Doctors want to [...]

According to Dr. Soumen Das, a breast cancer doctor in Kolkata, breast reconstruction surgery is conducted to rebuild the shape and look of a woman’s breast after breast cancer surgery. If a woman is considering breast reconstruction surgery, a surgeon is the best person to address their concern. Reasons Why Women Consider Breast Reconstruction Surgery Women might choose to have [...]

Introduction If you have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer and recommended breast cancer surgery, you might be wondering about the recovery process. Here are some guidelines from Dr. Soumen Das, a breast cancer doctor in Kolkata that you can follow to facilitate the recovery process. Six Breast Cancer Surgery Recovery Tips Drainage Device - After breast cancer surgery, surgeons [...]

Introduction The gallbladder is a part of the biliary system that helps digestion, located posterior to the liver. The gallbladder's primary function is to store and concentrate the bile made by the liver. Bile is a yellowish-green fluid that is important in fat or lipid metabolism. When the gallbladder receives appropriate biochemical signals, it releases bile into the duodenum for [...]

Introduction Patients diagnosed with gallbladder cancer may find it challenging to understand the jargon surrounding their cancer. Terms like a tumour, node and metastasis essential to describe cancer stages may sound alien to patients' ears, causing miscommunication or misunderstanding. Therefore, Dr. Soumen Das, a gallbladder cancer doctor in Kolkata, explains the essential terms and the different gallbladder cancer stages. What [...]

Introduction Anything that increases your chance of developing a disease like cancer is a risk factor. Some risk factors can be prevented or controlled, like smoking, whereas others cannot be changed, like age. However, risk factors do not guarantee that a person will get the disease. For instance, many people who develop gallbladder cancer may have few or no known [...]

Introduction In its early stages, gallbladder cancer is hard to find due to its small size and the position of the organ deep inside the body, says Dr Soumen Das, the best gallbladder cancer doctor in Kolkata. Therefore, these cancers are usually not found until they cause complications that make a person go to a doctor. Upon visit, the doctor [...]

Why does your skin may develop cancer? Did you know, your skin is the largest organ of your body? It regulates body temperature and protects the body against infection and injury. It produces vitamin D and also stores water and fat. Skin cancer begins when some skin cells mutate their DNA. These abnormal changes tell the cells to grow and [...]

Overview When skin cells start to grow abnormally, skin cancer takes place. In maximum cases, skin cancer occurs in the areas that are exposed directly to sunlight, but there have been exceptions where skin cancers have taken place in the areas that are hardly exposed to sunlight and ultraviolet radiation (UV), says Dr. Soumen Das, the best skin cancer doctor [...]

What is the gallbladder? The gallbladder is the pear-shaped organ of our body that is small in size and is situated just beneath our liver, on the right side of our abdomen. Our liver produces a fluid that helps us digest food items. This fluid is called bile. Bile is stored in our gallbladder. About gallbladder cancer: Gallbladder cancer is [...]