Mind relaxation effect of Jatamansi Taila Shirodhara on psychological distress in Triple Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC) patients - results of an open-labelled, randomised controlled clinical trial.

Background: Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer clinically defined as lacking expression of Estrogen receptor (ER), Progesterone receptor (PR), and Human Epidermal growth factor Receptor (HER2). Psychological distress is a major risk factor of TNBC, patients diagnosed with TNBC are under tremendous stress due to the aggressive nature of the disease. Stress hormones decrease the efficacy of therapeutics.

Adjunct Ayurvedic treatment providing more than 10 years of disease-free survival in a rare case of male breast cancer patient with high-grade invasive ductal cell carcinoma - A Case Report.

Introduction: Male breast cancer (MBC) is an uncommon malignancy. In spite of conventional Allopathic treatment, long-term disease-free survival (DFS) of more than 10 years in MBC is rare, due to its aggressive nature.

Case Presentation: We report a case of 56 years old, stage IIB and grade III invasive ductal cell carcinoma MBC (Lt) patient, operated for left modified radical mastectomy with axillary clearance followed by six cycles of chemotherapy during October 2010-January 2011.

Integration of Ayurvedic and Allopathic treatment in hereditary breast and ovarian cancer patient with Germline BRCA1 mutation for long term disease free survival: A case report.

Ovarian cancer patients with BRCA1 mutation have more susceptibility for secondary breast cancer. In females with BRCA1 mutation, the risk of developing breast carcinoma is 65% and of ovarian cancer is 39%, before 70 years of age. This is a case report of a 74 year old, post-menopausal woman diagnosed with metastatic retroperitoneal lymph node, high-grade papillary adenocarcinoma primary ovary stage IIIA in April 2004 at the age of 48 years.

Ayurvedic perspective of dietary risk factors of colorectal cancers - A hospital-based case control study.

Background: The rising prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) may be attributed to various nutritional and behavioural factors, making both factors as important topics for discussion to the layman and the oncology community.

Objective: To explore additional dietary risk factors, other than those already known, according to the Ayurvedic perspective in CRC patients.

Methods: Detail dietary data was collected from 420 patients of CRC and 116 healthy volunteers registered at our institute with the help of a food frequency questionnaire.