Narayan Chandra Dey,72 from Bally, Howrah has been fighting prostate cancer for 7 years now. He talks about how he finds the will to combat his condition.

Please tell us about your condition?

I am surviving with prostate cancer for the last 7 years.  Prostate Cancer was diagnosed on 18/8/2011 after screening of PSA test which was high (69.8) and USG report revealing enlarged heterogeneous prostate.

Parimal Ghosh, an 80 year old war veteran and now a cancer survivor, relives his experience of battling the condition for 22 years, his emotions and shares what he has learnt from the whole episode. He is now also an active crusader of the Cancer Awareness Campaign.

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It is estimated that nearly 15 lakh prostate cancer cases among men are detected in India every year, of which 85 per cent are stage four cancers. We speak to Dr Ajay Mehta, Director & Oncosurgeon, HCG-NCHRI Cancer Centre, Nagpur, on prostate cancer diagnosis, treatment and how to reduce risks with healthy diet and lifestyle.

What is prostate cancer?

Gayathri Ananthakrishnan, Chief Executive, IndianProstateCancerFoundation shares her hope.